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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?

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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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18 minutes

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Wed 30 May 2012 08:32GMT

Chapters

  • 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 14:32GMT
  • Tue 29 May 2012 22:32GMT
  • Wed 30 May 2012 02:32GMT
  • Wed 30 May 2012 08:32GMT