Art

How much of an Asian culture vulture, are you? Test your knowledge with our annual quiz (2021)…

Ready, sitting comfortably…no cheating, please try to answer without looking up or using the internet but if you have to…

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Bangladesh at 50 – Final celebration events: ‘Bangla’ artwork artist speaks, Dawaat, Victory Day Concert, Rich Mix talk and Zoe Rahman concert…

10.20am 17.12.21 – Please check listings since story was published – the Victory Day Concert has been cancelled because of…

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Bird Bites update: ‘A night of knowing nothing’, Payal Kapadia; ‘The Long Goodbye’, Riz Ahmed and Aneil Karia; Lubaina Himid, first Tate Modern solo show and Amrita Dhallu

IT’S BEEN a busy time of late and we just wanted to signpost a a few items that are coming…

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Sophie Taeuber-Arp: 20th century designs – hugely influential artist gets first major UK retrospective…

Creative, brilliant and completely unique for her time, this artist had much to say about the 20th century and her…

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Manchester International Festival 2021: Zoe Iqbal, actor and poet on her part in ‘I love you too’ and reads ‘Happiness’ (video)

More than a hundred residents were involved in contributing reflections about love in a book which can now be purchased…

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Manchester International Festival 2021: Imtiaz Dharker on ‘Poet Slash Artist’ and her new artwork/poem ‘My Breath’ (video)

One of Britain’s best-loved poets spoke to us about her latest work which is part of the curated strand ‘Poet…

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Sunil Gupta: ‘A Life in Pictures – From Here to Eternity’ London exhibition and book document love and politics…

Subversive, impulsive, personal and political, photographer’s retrospective presents a rich and powerful picture of an artist’s life… By Suman Bhuchar…

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The White Tiger film artwork – Chila Burman on tigers, ice cream vans and her Dad’s journey from Punjab to Liverpool and themes… (video)

After mocking up Tate Britain, she’s mashing up a car for Netflix… Few ice creams vans in the UK had…

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The White Tiger film artwork – Inkquisitive (Amandeep Singh): ‘I have never painted on a car’ and going from being a ‘bedroom artist’ to a social media sensation… (video)

ACV talks to the British artist Inkquisitive/Amandeep Singh about his artwork inspired by the film, ‘The White Tiger’, and commissioned…

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Patricia Rozario, Naga Munchetty, Charlie XCX, Jameela Jamil and Tabu lead women’s success at the Eastern Eye Arts, Culture and Theatre Awards (Acta)…

A celebration of South Asian creative talent… SHE MIGHT not be a Dame in the official sense but Opera singer…

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