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Free Thinking: Artists' Mannequins, Mike Leigh, Guy Fawkes Traditions

Artists' Mannequins, Mike Leigh, Guy Fawkes Traditions

28/10/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Artists' Mannequins, Mike Leigh, Guy Fawkes Traditions

With Matthew Sweet. Mike Leigh on his new film, plus an exhibition of artists' mannequins.

Presented by Matthew Sweet. With Mike Leigh on his new film Mr Turner, plus an exhibition of artists' mannequins at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and Guy Fawkes traditions.

Mike Leigh discusses his film about Turner. Steve Connor and Matthew Sweet discuss an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge which brings together 180 paintings and models to explore the way mannequins have been used by artists - from a technical tool to a fetishised object. And New Generation Thinker Naomi Paxton discusses Guy Fawkes traditions. 

Producer: Harry Parker.

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