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Front Row: The Hepworth Prize, New Art Gallery Walsall, Indignation, Don Giovanni

The Hepworth Prize, New Art Gallery Walsall, Indignation, Don Giovanni

17/11/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, The Hepworth Prize, New Art Gallery Walsall, Indignation, Don Giovanni

Who's won the Hepworth Prize for Sculpture? The New Art Gallery Walsall closure.

The winner of the Hepworth Prize for Sculpture; the director of The New Art Gallery Walsall; how Philip Roth's novels translate to the screen; opera director Oliver Mears.

The inaugural Hepworth Prize for Sculpture recognises a UK-based artist who has made a significant contribution to the development of contemporary sculpture. Vying for the prize are four artists: Helen Marten, Phyllida Barlow, Stephen Claydon and David Medalla. Their work featuring household junk, hammocks, foam bubbles, magnetised pennies and paintings suggests sculpture is a broad church these days. Front Row announces the winner.

16 years after the £21m New Art Gallery Walsall opened its doors, which has also served as a catalyst for the regeneration of the Midlands town, the council is about to withdraw 100% of its funding, which will most likely lead to the gallery's closure. Its director Stephen Snoddy speaks out about the challenges the gallery faces and what the implications of the closure would be for the area.

The director of Northern Ireland Opera, Oliver Mears, discusses his forthcoming production of Don Giovanni, set on a cruise ship in the 1960s, and, as he prepares to take up the role of Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House, he looks back on his work in Belfast, and forward to his plans for Covent Garden.

Indignation is the ninth film adaptation of a Philip Roth novel. As it opens in the UK, critics Leslie Felperin and Jason Solomons discuss whether this particular book transfers well to the screen, why so many of Roth's books rarely do, and why so many film directors are attracted to his work. 

Presenter: John Wilson 
Producer: Angie Nehring.

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