The TLS Podcast

Radical Turns

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Episode notes

This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Michael Caines are joined by Jenni Quilter, the author of ‘New York School Painters and Poets: Neon in daylight’, to discuss the colourful and ceaselessly experimental work of the American artist Helen Frankenthaler; and Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, Oxford, reviews a radical (and watery) new production of ‘Macbeth’ that redeems the fallen world of this overfamiliar tragedy. ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’, Almeida Theatre, London; also streaming ‘Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York’ by Alexander Nemerov ‘Helen Frankenthaler: Radical beauty’, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London; until April 18, 2022 A special subscription offer for TLS podcast listeners: www.the-tls.co.uk/buy/pod Producer: Sophia Franklin  

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