23/04/2011

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Harriet Gilbert looks at whether Spanish painter and sculptor Joan Miro really was as political as some of his work suggests. We report from the star studded premier of Rio and find out why Rio de Janeiro is establishing a reputation as a place to make movies. Russian director, Alexi Popogrebsky, tells Harriett about the practicalities of filming on Russia's desolate Arctic coast. Carolyn Burke talks about her new biography, No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf. We report from Singapore with 161 works by 63 artists from 30 countries spread over four unusually different venues. Author Suad Amiry on the point and the politics of Palestine's uniquely mobile bookfest. And German film director Wim Wenders discusses his tribute to the late choreographer Pina Bausch.