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World Service,55 mins

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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Simon Pitts Today we have a special programme about visual arts projects associated with London's 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Rachel Whiteread Rachel Whiteread has completed a new sculpture at London's Whitechapel art gallery Art in the Olympic Park Sarah Weir from the Legacy List takes us on a tour of the artworks in the Olympic Park in London The Collective Spirit The craftsmen whose boat is built out of wood donated from a church roof (pictured). Olafur Eliasson The Danish Icelandic artist who created a fake sun in London's Tate Modern reveals his new art installation - which again uses light - or the lack of it - to change the gallery. A Place To Live When We Are Old Danzon for the soul and spirit, the Argentinian artist Ana Gallardo explains why Mexican street dance is the basis of her new collaborative art project. Martin Creed We meet the Turner-Prize winning artist Martin Creed who is leading bell-ringing across the UK

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