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Donatello at the V&A: What’s in an Object?
How does an exhibition reclaim a cultural figure for the every day and every one?
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Medea: New Theatre, Ancient Tragedy
Cooke’s Medea gives an excellent insight into translating ancient staging techniques into a contemporary space.
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Interview: Artists Zarah Hussain and Conrad Shawcross on Winter Light at the Southbank Centre
The Southbank Centre’s free, open air exhibition displays light works by internationally acclaimed artists. Among them, a pioneer in Islamic Art, and the youngest living member of the RA.
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Strange Clay at The Hayward Gallery
Strange Clay is here, and it’s good. From a giant squid to Swedish fairytales, ceramics get the spotlight they deserve.
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EVENTS: Poetry Games at the National Poetry Library
Following my interview with Nick Murray, I’ve been anticipating this new exhibition at the National Poetry Library as part of the London Literature Festival. It combines a range of genres and games (from the analogue to the digital) to bring visitors back to their childhood relationship with poetry. While the event’s poems were perhaps leaning…
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Fashioning Masculinities at the V&A: An Interview with Marta Franceschini
Fashion Historian Marta Franceschini explains her work on the V&A’s groundbreaking Fashioning Masculinities Exhibition.
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Bleachers Bring an 80’s Utopia to Shepherd’s Bush
Bleachers justifiably sold out back to back nights at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. What makes their concerts so damned uplifting?
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What Digital Art Can Tell Us About the Future
180 The Strand’s latest exhibitions contrast in their use of digital art to depict and predict. What does this mean for our times?
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Chun Kwang Young: Times Reimagined
One of the 2022 Biennale’s best exhibitions, Chun Kwang Young: Times Reimagined in collabotartion with Italian architect Stefano Boeri provides hope for sustainability.
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The Language of Film: An Interview with Sangeeta Datta on Satyajit Ray at the BFI
Filmmaker and season programmer Sangeeta Datta dicusses the BFI’s Satyajit Ray: The Language of Film, a retrospective on the Indian Film pioneer.
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Satyajit Ray Retrospective at the BFI
The BFI is showing all 36 of the Indian film pioneer’s films over the summer. Of course, there’s far more on offer than that. If you love his work, or you’re completely new to it, this is an unmissable experience. I attended a lecture by season programmer, Sangeeta Datta, on Ray’s cinematic language. My friend…
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Osaka in London
My flatmate knows good food. Even so, when she said, “it’s by the London Eye,” I began to doubt her choice. I knew I was wrong before I even saw the food. Okan is tiny, bustling and intimate. It’s like ducking into a side street or taking advice from a taxi driver to follow dark…