29/05/2012
With Arsenale 2012 the biennale brand arrives in Ukraine. A boost for the country's contemporary artists but was that all that the show's organisers had in mind when they lobbied to host the event?
The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Anna McNamee.
On today's programme: The First Kiev International Biennale of Contemporary Art and Spanish author Maria Duenas on her novel The Seamstress.
(Image: A visitor walks near the artwork entitled The Shooting... At Watou by Folkert de Jong at the opening of the first Kiev Biennale. Credit: Reuters / Anatolii Stepanov)
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Kiev Biennale
With Arsenale 2012 the biennale brand arrives in Ukraine. A boost for the country's contemporary artists but was that all that the show's organisers had in mind when they lobbied to host the event?
Duration: 08:45
Maria Duenas - The Seamstress
The Spanish blockbuster novel intriguing readers around the world... Maria Duenas explains how she combines the worlds of high fashion and espionage against the backdrop of WWII in Spain and Morocco.
Duration: 08:43
Broadcasts
- Tue 29 May 2012 14:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Tue 29 May 2012 22:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Wed 30 May 2012 02:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
- Wed 30 May 2012 08:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
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