Discussion with Philip Dodd and guests on BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking

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Kenzaburo Oe; Artist and Empire at Tate Britain; Japan and Cool Now

Philip Dodd and New Generation Thinker Christopher Harding review the newly translated novel from Nobel prize winner Kenzaburo Oe; historian Naoko Shimazu and curator Mizuki Takahashi discuss the chequered history of the concept of Cool Japan; British Bangladeshi writer Tahmima Anam reviews the new exhibition Artist and Empire at Tate Britain. Artist Hew Locke and curator and art historian Sarah Thomas investigate how Empire creates complexity and difficulty around the question of what is British Art.

Period	2 Dec 2015
Event type	Other
Location	United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	National