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Only Artists brings two artists together to talk about their creative work.

Only Artists from BBC Radio 4 brings two artists together to talk about their creative work. The agenda is theirs, the conversation is free-flowing, and there is no presenter.

Only Artists from BBC Radio 4 brings two artists together to talk about their creative work. The agenda is theirs, the conversation is free-flowing, and there is no presenter.   The title derives from the art historian EH Gombrich, who began his highly influential book The Story of Art with the famous line “There really is no such thing as art. There are only artists”. Here are some of them…

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Only Artists: Tracy Chevalier meets Edmund de Waal

09/10/2019

Tracy Chevalier meets Edmund de Waal

BBC Radio 4 - Only Artists, Tracy Chevalier meets Edmund de Waal

Writer Tracy Chevalier meets ceramicist Edmund de Waal at his studio.

Writer Tracy Chevalier meets ceramicist Edmund de Waal at his studio in South London.

The writer Tracy Chevalier meets the ceramicist Edmund de Waal. Tracy Chevalier has written eight novels including the international best-seller Girl with a Pearl Earring. Her latest book 'A Single Thread' is set in Winchester Cathedral. Edmund de Waal is a ceramicist and author. His book 'The Hare with Amber Eyes' is a family biography about the loss and survival of art objects through time. His porcelain installations often respond to history, museum collections and archives.

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