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Monet
Les coquelicots a Argenteuil by Monet
The first major exhibition in France of Claude Monet's work in over 30 years opened this week in Paris. Over 200 paintings are on display, focusing mostly on his later years, when he moved to Normandy and painted his garden and ponds in Giverny. Art critic Helene Veret has visited the exhibition and tells Mark Coles why Monet is still relevant today. -
Monet
Femmes au Jardin by Monet
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Julia Bacha
Budrus is an award-wining documentary about the Palestinian village in the West bank which organises months of peaceful protests against the construction of Israel's Separation Barrier through their land. The Brazilian director Julia Bacha tells Mark Coles about the making of her film.
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Photoshop Satire
As an Egyptian newspaper admits altering a photograph of world leaders to put President Mubarak in a more prominent position, Iranian satirist Peyvand Khorsandi considers the dark art of photoshopping.
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Photoshop Satire
The original photograph
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Ben Folds and Nick Hornby
The British writer Nick Hornby and the American musician Ben Folds have teamed up to produce an album called Lonely Avenue. They discuss the process of Nick writing the lyrics and Ben setting them to music resulting in a collection of songs about marriage, divorce and the American poet Saskia Hamilton.
Broadcasts
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BBC World ServiceFri 24 Sep 2010 21:32 GMT BBC World Service
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BBC World ServiceSat 25 Sep 2010 02:32 GMT BBC World Service
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BBC World ServiceMon 27 Sep 2010 08:32 GMT BBC World Service
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