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Richard Hamilton; The Monuments Men; Enrique Iglesias; Tennessee Williams's hotel plays

Arts news. Richard Hamilton's work at Tate Modern and ICA; The Monuments Men reviewed; Tennessee Williams's hotel plays; Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Enrique Iglesias.

With John Wilson.

George Clooney directs and stars in The Monuments Men, a drama set in the Second World War. Based on a true story, he plays a member of a group of curators and scholars attempting to rescue art works from the Nazis. The film co-stars Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett and John Goodman. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reviews for Front Row.

Tennessee Williams spent much of his later life living in hotel rooms, inspiring his 'hotel plays' which open this week in performance at London's Langham Hotel. John meets the director, set designer and cast from Defibrillator theatre to talk about the logistics of staging three plays in three different rooms on three floors of the grand hotel.

Grammy-winning singer songwriter Enrique Iglesias began his career as a Spanish language artist before crossing over to the English market with hits like Bailamos and the global number one single Hero. Now releasing his tenth album, he talks to John about keeping his record contract secret from his father Julio Iglesias, and why he sees concern over sexualised music videos as hypocritical.

Producer : Dymphna Flynn.

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30 minutes

Chapters

  • Richard Hamilton

    Duration: 07:35

  • Enrique Iglesias

    Duration: 08:35

  • The Monuments Men

    Duration: 04:20

  • The Hotel Plays

    Duration: 07:24

The Monuments Men

is on general release in UK cinemas this Friday 14 February 2014, certificate 12A.

The Hotel Plays

by Tennessee Williams,听incorporating three one-act plays -听Green Eyes, Sunburst and The Pink Bedroom - run at The Langham Hotel in London from Tuesday 11 February to Saturday 8 March with matinees on Sundays.听

Richard Hamilton

The first retrospective of pop artist Richard Hamilton's听work is at the 听in听London from this Thursday 13 February to听26 May 2014.

in London also presents two installations Man, Machine and Motion (1955) and an Exhibit (1957)听by Richard Hamilton, to coincide with听Tate Modern's retrospective, from this Wednesday 12 February to 6 April 2014.

Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Iglesias
Image: Presenter John Wilson with Enrique Iglesias. Photo courtesy of Jerome Weatherald.

SEX + LOVE by (his tenth album) will be out on 18 March on Universal and Island Records.听

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter John Wilson
Interviewed Guest Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest Enrique Iglesias
Producer Dymphna Flynn

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