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Profile of Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama whose work, including her much-visited Infinity Mirror Room installations, defies classification.
Kusama was an underdog with everything stacked against her: the trauma of growing up in Japan during World War II, life in a dysfunctional family that discouraged her creative ambitions, sexism and racism in the art establishment, and mental illness. Kusama overcame countless odds to bring her radical vision to the world.
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| BBC TWO 23:05 FRI 17 SEP |
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| Available to listen to now |
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| Anticipating the opening of Tate Britain's major exhibition of the work of William Blake, Simon Schama presents his view of the visionary artist who was disparaged in his lifetime. |
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| Maria Margaronis unravels the creation and afterlife of WH Auden's poem September 1, 1939, written on the eve of destruction in a new land where Auden sought love and honesty. |
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| A dystopian image comes to life |
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| The story of Peter Rice, widely regarded as the most distinguished structural engineer of the late 20th century, and his massive impact on modern architecture. |
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| Six graduates of Central St Martins are challenged to create a new work of art, design or performance sticking strictly to rules inspired by the artists who taught at the Bauhaus.
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| The Proms at your fingertips |
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The latest Front Row and Front Row Late |
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| As anticipation mounts around the publication of David Cameron’s memoir, Mary Beard, Germaine Greer, Sathnam Sanghera and Peter Hitchens discuss the art of the memoir. |
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| Hear about the work on display in Stoke-on-Trent for this year's British Ceramics Biennial, and Nell Zink discusses her acclaimed new book Doxology.
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