Lunch with FT: William Kentridge: 'The history of the 20th century shows us the danger of all claims to certainty'
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Lunch with FT: William Kentridge: 'The history of the 20th century shows us the danger of all claims to certainty'
21 Oct 2022
In his 'Lunch with the FT' interview, Peter Aspden interviews William Kentridge ahead of his exhibition at the Royal Academy. Aspden writes that the South African artist discusses the fallout from apartheid, being his own director and why certainty is anathema to art.
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