A Uyghur shrine (mazar) photographed by Lisa Ross, who has documented the Xinjiang region since the early 2000s
Photo: © Lisa Ross
This week: as a tribunal in London hears of human rights atrocities against the Uyghur community and other Muslim groups in China, how will museums, galleries and other cultural institutions working with government-supported institutions in China respond? We talk to The Art Newspaper’s editor-at-large Cristina Ruiz, who has heard many hours of disturbing evidence at the tribunal, and to Sir Geoffrey Nice, the tribunal’s chair.
Martin Bailey’s latest book Van Gogh’s Finale
Also, this week, Martin Bailey tells us about his latest book, Van Gogh’s Finale, looking at his final months, his death and his legacy. You can read more from Martin’s weekly Adventures With Van Gogh series here.
And in this episode’s Work of the Week, we talk to Kenneth Tyler, the master-printmaker who has collaborated on some of the great prints of the post-war era, about his collaboration on a group of six woodcuts by Helen Frankenthaler, The Tales of Genji (1998), now on view in an exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London (until April 2022).
Helen Frankenthaler’s Tales of Genji V (1998), 49 colour woodcut
© 2021 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Inc. / ARS, NY and DACS, London / Tyler Graphic Ltd., Mount Kisco, NY
The Week in Art podcast by The Art Newspaper is available every Friday on our website and all the usual places where you find podcasts. This podcast is sponsored by Christie’s.
