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29/08/2012
Today's programme is dedicated to the art found in airports.
30/08/2012
Artist Simon McKeown discusses his work ‘motion capturing’ the movements of paralympians.
31/08/2012
We hear from award-winning percussionist Kuljit Bhamra and Abdulkarim Raas.
03/09/2012
As the US presidential campaign heats up, we review the documentary 2016: Obama's America.
04/09/2012
We talk to Australian director John Hillcoat about his new gangster movie Lawless.
05/09/2012
As a new book of images of The Kennedys is published, we speak to the editor Tony Nourmand
06/09/2012
Guido Bonsaver reports on the best of the Venice Film Festival.
07/09/2012
Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Jennifer Egan on writing her book, Black Box, in tweets.
10/09/2012
We review the new film from Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master.
11/09/2012
South African novelist, Andre Brink, talks about his latest novel, Philida.
12/09/2012
African-American crime writer Attica Locke talks about her latest novel The Cutting Season
13/09/2012
Vieux Farka Toure and Idan Raichel have a sumptious album out.
14/09/2012
On the Strand today we focus on Brazil as part of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's Brazil Direct programme.
17/09/2012
Toronto International Film Festival, Diana Vreeland and a controversial play from Uganda.
18/09/2012
The exhibition focusing on human rights abuses at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.
19/09/2012
Five artists seek to change how we feel by creating a mood-altering sonic emersion space
20/09/2012
We find out what an urban arts festival in Zimbabwe reveals about it's cultural life.
21/09/2012
American gospel singer BeBe Winans talks about his new album of patriotic songs
24/09/2012
We review Holy Motors, the new film from the intriguing French director Leos Carax.
25/09/2012
The new television programme which has caused controversy in Turkey.
26/09/2012
We are in Paris to discover the work of young Muslim artists in France today.
27/09/2012
The Strand reviews The Casual Vacancy, the new book by JK Rowling.
28/09/2012
Spanish Arts cuts - The Bescano Theatre in Spain now sells carrots rather than tickets...
01/10/2012
Two new galleries have opened in Shanghai, what will these add to the Chinese art offer?
02/10/2012
Artist Abdul Erahman Ahlees discusses the creative freedom now enjoyed by Libyan artists.
03/10/2012
We find out why it’s taken so long for Idols South Africa to find its first black winner.
04/10/2012
David Thomson's new book The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies and What They Did to us
Iconic TV shows
Is it possible to predict what TV shows will become iconic?
Alex Katz
Alex Katz on originality, muses and the life-enhancing power of the grudge.
Come Together
Thirty-one artists from around the Arab world exhibit together on London's Brick Lane
Anish Kapoor, Jake Shimabukuro and Nigeria's first ever disaster movie
A major exhibition of new works by Anish Kapoor has just opened in London.