This hour has 22 minutes - Art break

10 Questions for Viggo Mortensen

Don Justo's labour of love

Nek Chand's Rock Garden in Chandigarh, India

The art thief and the crisis

A thief in Paris planned to steal some paintings from the Louvre. After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings, and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied, 'Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings.'

I had no Monet


to buy Degas


to make the Van Gogh.'



See if you have De Gaulle to send a link to this page on to someone else.


Don't worry, you have nothing Toulouse.

Thanks, Almudena.

Things That Make Us British - Unartistic

Don McLean - Vincent

The song with images of Vincent Van Gogh's paintings, the lyrics
and information about bipolar disorder:



Don McLean singing the song live in 1972:

Monty Python - Michaelangelo and the Pope

One Man's Work

Justo Gallego is a man who is building a cathedral in Mejorada del Campo (Madrid) with his own hands. If you want to listen to his story, click on this link:

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=6402595&m=6402596

You can also see some photos of the cathedral here: