The Booker Prize shortlist, Lucian Freud's new biography, The importance of arts to local identity
We analyse the novels on the 2019 Booker Prize shortlist; announced today. William Feaver has written a new biography of Lucian Freud. Arts Council report on place-shaping.
William Feaver discusses the first part of his comprehensive biography of the great British figurative painter Lucian Freud, who died in 2011. Feaver first got to know the mercurial artist in 1973 and had regular conversations and meetings with him over the decades. The former Observer art critic's two detailed biographies – Youth and Fame - are the result of 20 years’ work.
Earlier today the shortlist for the 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction was announced. Critics Arifa Akbar and Toby Lichtig give their verdict on the chosen few.
Arts Council England recently published a report about if and how the arts and cultural offer within a place can attract and retain individuals and businesses and help to shape its identity. We speak to Laura Dyer, Deputy Chief Executive, Places & Engagement at Arts Council England about what the arts actually contribute to a place.
Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Oliver Jones
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Lucian Freud's new biography
The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth by William Feaver is published on 05 September 2019 in hardback and as an eBook.
Images:
Main image above: Self-Portrait with a Black Eye by Lucian Freud on display at an auction house in 2010.
Image credit: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images
Image to the left: William Feaver
The 2019 Booker Prize shortlist
The books shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction are:
Margaret Atwood, The Testaments
Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport
Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other
Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities
Salman Rushdie, Quichotte
Elif Shafak 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
The Prize is awarded on 14 October 2019.
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