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Letters to Artists

The Essay

Hot on the heels of his Letters to Writers, Ian Sansom is back with more of his inimitable imagined correspondences - this time with some of history's greatest artists.

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Dear Caravaggio

All available episodes (5 total)

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    A 1760s murder still informs ideas about aesthetics, a certain sort of sex, and death.

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  • The Book that Changed Me

    Five figures from the arts and science introduce books that changed their lives and work.

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