Oct 19, 2010 | 54:00Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Anselm Kiefer AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Anselm Kiefer Oct 19, 2010 | 54:00Eleanor Wachtel talks to one of Germany's greatest living artists, Anselm Kiefer, at his studio in Paris. Kiefer's enormous paintings and sculptures deal with German history and mythology, but also memory, poetry, Judaism, and the place of the human being in the cosmos.
Nov 15, 2011 | 53:59Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel on the Arts - David Hockney AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel on the Arts - David Hockney Nov 15, 2011 | 53:59Eleanor Wachtel speaks to Britain's most popular living painter, David Hockney, about why his landscapes keep getting bigger and bigger, and what led him to create the exhibition of iPad drawings currently on show at the Royal Ontario Museum, and why he still quarrels with photographers and art historians.
Sep 18, 2012 | 53:59Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel on the Arts - Frank Stella AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel on the Arts - Frank Stella Sep 18, 2012 | 53:59Eleanor Wachtel talks to American painter Frank Stella. Since the late 1950s he's been at the forefront of the art world, constantly pushing new ideas for abstract painting. He was the youngest artist ever to have a one man show at the Museum of Modern Art. Frank Stella's latest project is a series of sculptures, or three-dimensional paintings, as he calls them - responding to the harpsichord sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti.
May 15, 2012 | 53:58Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Philip Glass AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Philip Glass May 15, 2012 | 53:58Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the American composer Philip Glass. Perhaps the most prominent composer of his generation, his works helped reinvent the sound of music for Western audiences from the late 1960s on. He's coming to Canada in June with a revival of his first opera, Einstein On the Beach, part of the celebrations for Glass' 75th birthday.
Dec 18, 2012 | 53:59Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Costa Gavras AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - Costa Gavras Dec 18, 2012 | 53:59Eleanor Wachtel speaks with legendary Greek-born director Costa Gavras, whose latest film, Capital, takes on the world of high finance. Known for his biting and indicting movies like Z, Missing, and Amen, Gavras is credited with 'almost single-handedly creating the genre of the modern political thriller as we know it'.
Jun 21, 2011 | 54:00Wachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - John Baldessari AudioWachtel on the Arts Wachtel On The Arts - John Baldessari Jun 21, 2011 | 54:00Eleanor Wachtel, the host of Writers & Company, talks with the American artist John Baldessari. From photo-collages to movie stills with faces painted over to paintings of isolated body parts to paintings with no images at all, Baldessari challenges us to think about where we look, what we see and what it means.
Jul 6, 2011 | 52:26Wachtel on the Arts Canadian Theatre Visionary Robert Lepage Interview AudioWachtel on the Arts Canadian Theatre Visionary Robert Lepage Interview Jul 6, 2011 | 52:26Eleanor Wachtel talks to one of Canada's most versatile and accomplished men of the theatre, Robert Lepage. As artistic director of the multidisciplinary Ex Machina production company, Lepage is celebrated all over the world. This fall his production of Wagner's Ring Cycle opens in New York.
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