National Gallery Soundscapes, Caine Prize winner, Agent Carter
Arts news with Samira Ahmed. Including the National Gallery Soundscapes, the Caine Prize for African Writing winner, a review of Agent Carter and playwright Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
Soundscapes, a new exhibition at the National Gallery in London, presents six new music and sound installations the Gallery has commissioned to accompany individual works of art from its permanent collection. Samira Ahmed hears from contributing artists Nico Muhly, Susan Philipsz and George Miller.
The Zambian writer Namwali Serpell has just been announced as the 2015 winner of The Caine Prize for African Writing. She talks about her winning story The Sack.
Naomi Alderman reviews Marvel's Agent Carter, a TV spin-off of Marvel's Captain America starring Hayley Atwell.
Plus playwright Rebecca Lenkiewicz speaks to Samira about The Invisible, her new play examining the human impact of cuts to the legal aid system.
Presenter : Samira Ahmed
Producer : Dymphna Flynn.
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Soundscapes at the National Gallery
Duration: 09:38
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Gabriel Yared's response to C茅zanne鈥檚 Bathers
Duration: 01:41
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Susan Philipsz's response to The Ambassadors
Duration: 01:09
Chapters
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National Gallery Soundscapes
Duration: 09:45
Agent Carter
Duration: 05:40
Caine Prize
Duration: 05:59
Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Duration: 06:44
Soundscapes
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聽is at the National Gallery in London until 6 September 2015.
Image:聽Paul C茅zanne - Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses) about 1894-1905. 漏 The National Gallery.
Agent Carter
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begins on Fox TV on Sunday 12 July at 9pm.
Image: 漏 2015 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
Caine Prize
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Namwali Serpell has won the聽聽for her short story The Sack.
You can read Serpell鈥檚 winning story .
The Invisible
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, by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, is at the Bush Theatre in London from 9 July to 15 August 2015.
Image: Alexandra Gilbreath in The Invisible. 聽漏Helen Maybanks
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Role Contributor Presenter Samira Ahmed Interviewed Guest Susan Philipsz Interviewed Guest Nico Muhly Interviewed Guest George Miller Interviewed Guest Naomi Alderman Interviewed Guest Rebecca Lenkiewicz Interviewed Guest Namwali Serpell Producer Dymphna Flynn Broadcast
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