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Turner Prize nominee Sin Wai Kin, Katherine Rundell on John Donne, Ballet Black

Turner Prize nominee Sin Wai Kin, Katherine Rundell on her book about the poet John Donne, and a look at the work of the Ballet Black dance company.

Author Katherine Rundell talks to Tom Sutcliffe about her book Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, which has won this year’s The Baillie Gifford.

In the first in a series of interviews with the artists shortlisted for this year’s Turner Prize, Sin Wai Kin discusses how they use performance to challenge misogyny and racism.

The acclaimed dance company Ballet Black, known for giving a platform to Black and Asian dancers and choreographers, turns 20 this year. Michael McKenzie visits rehearsals to hear how they are marking the anniversary.

And as the Horniman Museum in London hands back their collection of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, Professor Abba Tijani, the Director General of Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments, discusses what receiving the artworks means for Nigeria.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Emma Wallace
Image credit: Sin Wai Kin by Holly Falconer

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  • Mon 28 Nov 2022 19:15

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