Art
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‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world
From the construction worker who won a place at medical school to an art exhibition in a country with no galle…
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A Story of South Asian Art review – banging sculpture marred by dreary neighbours
Royal Academy, London Mrinalini Mukherjee’s surreal spins on Indian folk and sacred art are powerfully fascina…
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Trucks and Tuks: Decorated Vehicles of South Asia – in pictures
Photographer Christopher Herwig has travelled 10,000km in his quest to record this overlooked art form. He has…
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Ancient India review – snakes, shrines and sexual desire power a passionate show
British Museum, LondonA lovable elephant deity and a floating serpent goddess are just two of the highlights i…
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Your chance to stare down a god: inside the British Museum’s mesmerising look at Indian religions
A show full of deities, snakes and shrines puts three ancient faiths in the spotlight. Our writer seeks out it…
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‘Finally we are being seen as contenders’: delight in India as demand for south Asian art booms
As wealth in India has grown, so has the number of arts patrons championing both India’s 20th century modern m…
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‘Making art made me feel free’: the prison paintings of Myanmar’s Htein Lin
The artist, who has an exhibition at Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery, created a unique body of work from jail unifor…
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Arpita Singh: Remembering review – beautiful chaos reigns in India’s tumultuous past
Serpentine North gallery, LondonHugely complex and infinitely layered figurative paintings dominate in a show …
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‘Our people were so innovative’: Māori art celebrated in landmark book
Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous history of Māori art showcases creative work across a diverse range of mediumsA new…
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Killed birds, rotting sculpture and a PM’s execution: the Pakistani artists who defied a dictator
A dazzling exhibition of Pakistan’s art and architecture – some of it never before loaned outside the country …
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Pharaohs, masks and bronze age boats: six standout new museums around the world in 2025
Openings across Africa and Asia offer new cultural experiences in stunning architectural surroundingsFrom a no…
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Crypto entrepreneur eats banana art he bought for $6.2m
Conceptual work created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was sold at auction in New York last weekThe crypt…
- Air pollution, Art, Art and design, Environment, Global development, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, World news
‘I was asked to find a volunteer for an air pollution campaign in Lahore – I couldn’t find anyone’
As Pakistan’s second biggest city takes the lead in the poor air quality index, one artist and activist strugg…
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Artist known for work critiquing Cultural Revolution arrested in China
Gao Zhen, who was visiting from US, reportedly accused of slandering China’s heroes and martyrsThe Chinese art…
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‘What they threw away, I used’: the story behind Nek Chand’s 25-acre outsider art masterpiece
This forest of intricately decorated statues was begun in secret by a man who never considered himself an arti…