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In Hyderabad, Ankon Mitra’s art installations give a fun spin to archival maps

A series of deep blue circular structures greet visitors at the entrance of Kalakriti Art Gallery in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. The installation is...

Britain’s first gay anthem? Why the UK’s pioneering LGBTQ+ protest band reunited | Exhibitions

‘There is a little bit of gay in everyone today,” sing Michael Klein and Gillian Bartlam, the lead singers of Everyone Involved, a...

From gnarled hands to murder: the show exposing the world’s worst workplaces | Exhibitions

On my way to Hard Graft, a new exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London, I sat beside an employee with a lanyard...

‘I am inspired by very dull German documentary images’: Peter Bialobrzeski’s best photograph | Art and design

I clearly remember the day this picture was taken. It was 26 December 2004. I was driving to Bavaria to take photographs after...

‘The last wild places’: the Venice show about Earth’s spiralling salt marsh crisis | Installation

Eerie, desolate wastes in old novels, salt marshes are still seen as flat, grey and inhospitable landscapes today. Rainforests, meadows, oceans and even...

From Van Gogh to Le Va, Rego to the Renaissance: the best exhibitions for autumn 2024 | Culture

ArtVan Gogh: Poets and LoversTaking us from euphoria to despair, Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers promises to be spectacular. Including works rarely on...

‘Optimists have happier lives’: Laurie Anderson on Bowie, Lou Reed and ‘romantic, inspiring’ JFK | Laurie Anderson

Your debut album, Big Science (1982), opens with: “Good evening, this is your captain, we are about to attempt a crash landing”, while...

‘One of the most charismatic artists ever’: Piero della Francesca, adored by everyone from Hockney to Heaney | Painting

It’s raining inside the Uffizi. The downpour outside, cascading from the Florence skies, is getting in through the ceiling and staff are rushing...

Sangeet Natak Akademi to felicitate 86 artistes

Photo: Facebook.com/sangeetnatak The Sangeet Natak Akademi has bestowed special one-time awards commemorating 75 years of India’s independence on 86 artistes, apart from selecting 128...

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