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Front Row: Paula Rego at Tate Britain, Black Widow, Cultural Recovery Fund a year on

Paula Rego at Tate Britain, Black Widow, Cultural Recovery Fund a year on

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Paula Rego at Tate Britain, Black Widow, Cultural Recovery Fund a year on

A retrospective of the Portuguese-born artist Paula Rego opens at Tate Britain this week.

A retrospective of Paula Rego opens at Tate Britain. Director Cate Shortland on long-awaited Marvel movie Black Widow. Sir Nicholas Serota on the £1.57bn Cultural Recovery Fund.

The largest ever UK retrospective of the Portuguese-born artist Paula Rego opens at Tate Britain this week. Featuring over 100 works, many not seen before, the show spans Rego’s early work from the 1950s which responds to the socio-political context of Portugal at the time, to her more recent, richly-layered paintings. Critic Jacky Klein gives her response to the show.

Black Widow is the long-awaited new Marvel movie starring Scarlett Johansson.  Director Cate Shortland talks to Front Row about putting Johansson centre frame, her on-screen chemistry with Florence Pugh and building on the conventions of superhero and spy movies to tell a different story about female power.

The  £1.57 billion Cultural Recovery Fund was initiated exactly one year ago to shore up arts and cultural organisations against financial devastation caused by the loss of audiences during the pandemic. In England distribution of the cash is managed by Arts Council England and its chair Sir Nicholas Serota  explains how the money has been shared out, who has benefited and what will happen to another £300 million soon to be made available.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Jerome Weatherald

Main Image: Paula Rego
Image credit: (c) Nick Willing

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