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Review Show: Frida Kahlo, Mads Mikkelsen in The Last Viking, Museum of the Year

Tom and guests discuss the Frida Kahlo exhibition at Tate Modern in London, The Last Viking film and novel Natural Disaster by Lisa Owens. Plus we reveal the Museum of the Year.

Writer Charlotte Mullins and author Viv Groskop join Tom to discuss the Frida Kahlo exhibition at Tate Modern in London. It's the highest pre-selling exhibition in Tate's history, and contains 30 significant works, has her clothes on display, and looks at the artist's life and impact on contemporaries and later generations.

They also offer their verdict on the Danish black comedy The Last Viking, which is the 6th film by director/actor trio Anders Thomas Jensen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Mads Mikkelsen.

Finally, they talk about Lisa Owens' novel Natural Disaster which dissects the last 24 hours before a mother goes back to work after maternity leave.

Plus The Box in Plymouth is revealed as the winner of the UK Museum of the Year, with Chair of Judges Jenny Waldman.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Claire Bartleet

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