Art and design
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Monsoons, mould … and a million visitors: welcome to Kerala’s ‘people’s biennale’
Work by almost 70 artists – including Marina Abramović – has made an art fair in Kochi one of the hottest tick…
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Women behind the lens: six of our most striking images from 2025
A few of our favourite photographs taken by women from the global south and capturing moments of everyday life…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Art, Art and design, Culture, Employment, Global development, Guinea-Bissau, India, Middle East and North Africa, Migration and development, Somalia, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘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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Afghanistan’s historic Ariana cinema torn down by Taliban – in pictures
A renowned Kabul cinema that for decades attracted the city’s film fans is being demolished to make way for a …
- Art, Art and design, Culture, India, Painting, Royal Academy of Arts, Sculpture, South and Central Asia
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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Visions of resistance: women fighting to save their homeland – in pictures
The theme of this year’s Women By Women exhibition, Rooted in Resistance, is to showcase images of women defen…
- Art and design, Culture, Global development, India, Photography, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Women behind the lens: ‘I thought, who is this woman? I need to know her’
Indian artist Indu Antony was mesmerised when she first saw 78-year-old Cecilia and has put her at the heart o…
- Art, Art and design, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
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…
- Architecture, Art and design, Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Culture, Environment, South and Central Asia, World news
Dhaka builds for a wetter future – in pictures
Across the Bangladeshi megacity, designers are adapting to the climate crisis Continue reading...
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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…
- Architecture, Art and design, Culture, Europe, Russia, South and Central Asia, Uzbekistan, World news
Cosmic metros, UFO circus tops and a 3,000C sun gun: the mesmerising architecture of Tashkent
From its cavernous domed bazaar to its ravishingly muscular museum, the Uzbek capital has one of the world’s w…
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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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Women behind the lens: ‘Through needle and thread, a quiet defiance of patriarchy’
One of a series of photographs taken across India in which women, many of them abuse survivors, use traditiona…
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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…