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Richard Allinson sits in, as we kick off Colour on the Radio!

As part of Radio 2's Colour on the Radio Week, Richard talks to Ashok Roy and Caroline Campbell, co-curators of the National Gallery's Making Colour exhibition.

To celebrate Radio 2's 'Colour on the Radio' week, Richard Allinson talks to the Co-Curators of the newly launched 'Making Colour' exhibition in London's National Gallery. Ashok Roy, Director of Collections, and Caroline Campbell, Curator of Italian Paintings before 1500, tell Richard about the history of making colour. From pig bladders to oil tubes, we find out how our best loved artists overcame technical challenges to create the magnificent masterpieces we still marvel at today!

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Mon 16 Jun 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • 10cc

    Art For Art's Sake

    • The Very Best Of 10cc.
    • Mercury.

  • Adele

    Cold Shoulder

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.

  • The Beatles

    Got To Get You Into My Life

    • Revolver.
    • Parlophone.
    • 13.

  • Black Box

    Ride On Time

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Chicago

    Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Frontiers Records.
    • 1.

  • The Dave Clark Five

    Glad All Over

    • Glad All Over Again.
    • EMI.

  • Daft Punk

    Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams)

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

    Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When you Smile

    • Very Best Of Dexy's Midnight Runners.
    • Mercury.

  • The Doors

    Light My Fire

    • (CD Single).
    • Elektra.

  • Eagles

    One of These Nights

    • The Best Of Eagles.
    • Asylum.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Monday Morning

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 001.

  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Two Tribes

    • Fantastic 80's Disc 2 (Various Artis.
    • Gut.

  • Michael Franti & Spearhead

    I'm Alive (Life Sounds Like)

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin EMI Records.
    • 001.

  • Gnarls Barkley

    Crazy

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • The Hues Corporation

    Rock The Boat

    • Million Sellers Vol.14 - The Seventie.
    • Disky.

  • Chrissie Hynde

    You Or No One

    • (CD Single).
    • Caroline.
    • 001.

  • Billy Idol

    White Wedding

    • Rip It Up (Various Artists).
    • EMI.

  • INXS

    Mystify

    • INXS - Kick.
    • Mercury.

  • Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey

    Some Kind Of Hero

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
    • 001.

  • KC and the Sunshine Band

    That's the Way (I Like It)

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • Nick Lowe

    I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass

    • The Best Of Nick Lowe.
    • Demon Records.
    • 6.

  • George Michael

    Fastlove

    • (CD Single).
    • Epic.

  • The Mock Turtles

    Can You Dig It?

    • Drivetime 3 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • New Order

    True Faith '94

    • (CD Single).
    • London.

  • Paolo Nutini

    Let Me Down Easy

    • Caustic Love.
    • Atlantic.
    • 001.

  • Richard O鈥橞rien, Little Nell, Patricia Quinn & Charles Gray

    Time Warp

  • The Pierces

    Kings

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 001.

  • Gregory Porter

    No Love Dying

    • Liquid Spirit.
    • Blue Note.
    • 001.

  • Queen

    Somebody To Love

    • A Day At The Races.
    • Island.
    • 6.

  • Frank Sinatra

    Three Coins In The Fountain

    • The Capitol Collector's Series.
    • Capitol.

  • Thin Lizzy

    Whiskey In The Jar

    • The Best Of Phil Lynott & Thin Lizzy.
    • Telstar.
    • 10.

  • Van Halen

    Why Can't This Be Love

    • Life In The Fast Lane (Various).
    • Telstar.

Pause for Thought

Pause for Thought

From Vicky Beeching Theologian, Writer and Broadcaster:

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My 4 year-old niece Hannah would love the fact that this week Radio 2 is all about art. She, like most little kids, loves expressing herself through drawing and painting and sees not just paper but the whole world around her as her canvas. Last year my sister Jo, Hannah鈥檚 mum, was selling her car. Jo did a fantastic job of cleaning it, inside and out, until it sparkled. On one last car journey before the new owners arrived to pick it up, Hannah took a pen and wrote her name in huge letters across the suede interior door panel. When my sister lifted her out of the car, to her horror she saw the writing! The best part was that the mischievous Hannah denied it was her 鈥� even though she鈥檇 written her own name!

We all have an inner desire to make our mark. People of all ages got a chance to do this a couple of years ago at Tate Modern. A Japanese artist built a completely white room there and she invited guests to take a sheet of coloured stickers and walk through the room placing them anywhere they wanted. By the time hundreds of people had visited, the formerly white room was anything but 鈥� there was barely a blank space left; it had become an explosion of colour.

The book of Genesis says that when God created the world he started with a blank slate - a dark, empty canvas. God spoke and light exploded, colour filled the sky. At the sound of his voice creatures came to life; birds, beasts, people. Christians believe that human beings are made to mirror and reflect God鈥檚 image, so if he鈥檚 a Creator, we are mini-creators. Like him, we鈥檙e made to speak into the darkness of the world around us and create light, life and colour. 听As 4 year old Hannah demonstrated, the desire to leave our signature on the world around us begins very young!听 I hope she never forgets to leave her mark 鈥� but maybe not in cars鈥�

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