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Tracey Emin, Minette Walters, Gauguin biopic

Artist Tracey Emin looks back at her work over the past decade; author Minette Walters on her historical fiction debut; and a biopic about Paul Gauguin's time in Tahiti.

To coincide with the publication of a book which collects all her artwork from the past decade, Tracey Emin comes into the Front Row studio to look back at that prolific period which saw her represent Britain at the Venice Biennial.

Twenty-five years after publishing The Ice House, the first of her many highly successful crime novels, Minette Walters discusses her historical fiction debut, The Last Hours, set in a medieval Dorsetshire village during the start of the Black Death.

Paul Gauguin's two years in Tahiti saw the French painter create some of his most celebrated artworks. But his time in French Polynesia is also seen as controversial due to alleged relationships with young girls while there. A new French-language biopic starring Vincent Cassel comes out this week about Gauguin's time on Tahiti, art critic Waldemar Januszczak gives his verdict on the film.

For National Novel Writing Month we hear from three people hoping to complete a novel this November.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Minette Walters

    Duration: 07:53

  • Jodie Foster

    Duration: 02:32

  • Tracey Emin

    Duration: 08:28

  • Gauguin

    Duration: 08:35

Minette Walters

Minette Walters
Minette Walters
Photo credit: Fabio De Paola

Minette Walters' book The Last Hours is available now

Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin
HerÌýbook Tracey Emin : Works 2007 – 2017 is Ìýout now

Main image: Tracey Emin
Photo credit: Jack Taylor, Getty Images

Gaugin

Gaugin
Vincent Cassel in Gaugin

Gaugin is released on DVD & Digital on 18 Dec

Nano Writing

Nano Writing

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Credits

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Interviewed Guest Tracey Emin
Interviewed Guest Minette Walters
Interviewed Guest Waldemar Januszczak

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  • Wed 1 Nov 2017 19:15

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