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Harriett Gilbert and friends present global arts, culture and entertainment.

This programme is no longer on-air, listen to our archive of available episodes online. The Strand brings you news and reviews from the best in arts, culture and entertainment.

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The Strand is a daily 18 minute programme highlighting the best of what's going in the arts. Wide-ranging and with eclectic interests, The Strand reflects the artistic response to the BBC's news agenda. Presented by Harriett Gilbert and friends, it features discussions, reviews, big-name interviews and location reports as well as live studio performances and Hollywood, Bollywood gossip.

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The Strand Archive: American artist Jim Shaw

Jim Shaw - Capitol Viscera Appliances mural

07/11/2012

American artist Jim Shaw

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, American artist Jim Shaw

Artist Jim Shaw on the links between an invented religion and the economic downturn.

American artist Jim Shaw on the links between a prog rock opera, an invented religion and the economic downturn. A big survey of his art opens at Baltic in England this week.

The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Mark Coles. On today's programme: American artist Jim Shaw, the impact of Amazon publishing on traditional booksellers and publishers and Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita.

Image: Jim Shaw - Capitol Viscera Appliances mural 2011 Courtesy the artist and Simon Lee Gallery, London/Hong Kong.

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