This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Michael Caines are joined by Jenni Quilter, the author of ‘New York School Painters and Poets: Neon in daylight’, to discuss the colourful and ceaselessly experimental work of the American artist Helen Frankenthaler; and Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, Oxford, reviews a radical (and watery) new production of ‘Macbeth’ that redeems the fallen world of this overfamiliar tragedy.

‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’, Almeida Theatre, London; also streaming

‘Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York’ by Alexander Nemerov

‘Helen Frankenthaler: Radical beauty’, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London; until April 18, 2022

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Producer: Sophia Franklin

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