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Soulages, the Black Prince of Abstract Art

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Black is still the new black for France's best-known living artist Pierre Soulages, as seen in a new exhibition in Lyon. But first, the perils of an illegal sea voyage from Senegal to Spain are the focus of the film "La Pirogue". Meanwhile, Cathy Richardson from the iconic 1970s group Jefferson Starship joins us in the studio.

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