Arts

VISUAL ARTS 9:12pm

Specimens of humanity

Lucian Freud’s portraits have the ability to ‘astonish, disturb, seduce and convince’ Jackie Wullschlager, as the artist intended

• Gilding among the grime
• Vicken Parsons’s paintings are small, subtle and sophisticated
• The Metropolitan Museum’s refurbished American Wing
• Turner, in his element

Culture Column

The majestic survivors

Nobody better understands modern Britain than the Queen and Paul McCartney

The scramble for India

Gallerists and artists are rushing to be part of the increasingly successful India Art Fair

– Jan Dalley

9:12pm

Interview with Rachel Whiteread

The English sculptor tells Rachel Spence about her first permanent public artwork in the UK, a frieze for the Whitechapel Gallery

• Specimens of humanity
• Interview with American sculptor Lynda Benglis

MUSIC 9:13pm

Cold play

IceMusic, the only festival in the world to showcase musical instruments made out of pure frozen water, offers its visitors a variety of perks

• How radio survives - and thrives - in a digital age
• Karen Dalton, Dylan’s favourite singer

FILM & TELEVISION 9:13pm

Foreign relations

There’s more to Japanese cinema than animation and horror, as a new touring programme shows

• Cheek by Jowl is expanding from the theatre to the big screen
• Michel Hazanavicius, director of ‘The Artist’, on the sound of silence

THEATRE & DANCE 9:13pm

Two’s a company

After 31 years, Cheek by Jowl is expanding from the theatre to the big screen

• Foreign relations
• Michel Hazanavicius, director of ‘The Artist’, on the sound of silence

Big screen

Nigel Andrews reviews David Cronenberg’s ‘A Dangerous Method’, ‘The Muppets’, ‘A Woman in Black’ and ‘The Vow’

Small screen

‘Call the Midwife’ wants to portray the London area’s past as ripe for heart-warming reminiscence, writes Leo Robson

COLLECTING 9:14pm

The Art Market: Sales, resales and no sales

Rollercoaster results in London; ARR case settles in California; Freud and Hockney for sale

• The art market Ivory and towers
• Triple entendre Puccini festival in Lyons

MUSIC 9:14pm

LPO/Alsop/Hough, Royal Festival Hall, London

Stephen Hough is a perfectionist and delight in precision makes him closer to the standard virtuoso in Liszt

• Maria João Pires/Antonio Meneses, Wigmore Hall, London
• Sergei and the wolf

THEATRE & DANCE 9:14pm

Orphée et Eurydice, Palais Garnier, Paris

This ‘dance opera’ set to Gluck entered the repertoire of the Paris Opera Ballet in 2005 and the current revival does it complete justice

• The Dream/Song of the Earth, Royal Opera House, London
• Strictly Gershwin, Coliseum, London

MUSIC Feb 9, 2012

Armide, Juilliard School New York

This rare semi-staged revival of Gluck’s opera cast a magical spell, writes Martin Bernheimer

• Götterdämmerung, Metropolitan Opera, New York
• La Cerisaie, Paris Opera (Garnier)

THEATRE & DANCE Feb 8, 2012

Master Class, Vaudeville Theatre, London

Tyne Daly conveys the mercilessness of Maria Callas in this transfer from Broadway, writes Ian Shuttleworth

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