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Radio 3,12 Jul 2016,45 mins

Liverpool Art Biennial

Free Thinking

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Matthew Sweet and the critic, Natalie Haynes report from Liverpool where art has taken over the city. They talk to the artists, Marvin Gaye Chetwynd, Betty Woodman and Krzysztof Wodiczko as well as the Biennial director, Sally Tallant and the poet and 2015 New Generation Thinker Sandeep Parmar, who is curating a literary programme for the festival. The Liverpool Biennial runs until October 16th . Sandeep Parmar is the author of two poetry books: The Marble Orchard and Eidolon (a rewriting of Helen of Troy in modern America). Producer: Zahid Warley (Image: Momentary Monument - The Stone by Lara Favaretto / Credit: Joel Fildes).

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