Jon Batiste, Museum of the Year shortlist, The Humboldt
American musician Jon Batiste on his new album We Are; Louisa Buck considers the five galleries shortlisted for Art Fund Museum of the Year; The Humboldt Forum in Berlin opens
American musician Jon Batiste has many strings to his bow 鈥� he鈥檚 an activist, recording artist, band leader for a daily TV late night chat show, a singer, pianist and an Oscar-winning film composer. Batiste discusses his new album, We Are, as well as his Broadway musical about Jean-Michel Basquiat, and An American Symphony being performed at Carnegie Hall next year.
Art critic Louisa Buck assesses this year's Art Fund Museum of the Year 2021 shortlist which was announced today. Despite being closed for most of the year, five galleries and museums across the UK have been rewarded as contenders for the prestigious 拢100,000 award, the world's largest museum prize.
Yesterday in Berlin saw the opening of The Humboldt Forum, the largest cultural development in Europe and the most ambitious in Germany this century. It has cost 700m Euros, covers 44,000 square metres, and even before the foundation stone was laid in 2013, it鈥檚 been mired in controversy. We speak with R眉diger Schaper, Head of Culture for Tagesspiegel newspaper about its significance for Germany.
Presenter Tom Sutcliffe
Producer Oliver Jones
Main image: Jon Batiste
Image credit: Louis Brown/UMG
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