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The American century: Art and culture 1950-2000

The Royal Opera House opens after renovations; Nick Hughes' Rwanda set film '100 Days'; 'Sensation' exhibition of British art in New York; Tim Winton's Australian play, based on the novel 'Cloudstreet'.

The director of the Whitney Museum in New York, Maxwell Anderson, talks about the museum's exhibtion of 20th-century American art.

Also on the programme: the reopening of the Royal Opera House in London after renovations, Nick Hughes' Rwanda-set film 100 Days, Sensation, an exhibition of British art in New York and Tim Winton's Australian play, based on the novel Cloudstreet.

Presented by Michael Goldfarb.

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29 minutes

麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project