Friday, 04 December 2009 00:00 |
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
by Priyal Sanghavi
Opulence and the magnificence of Indian royalty has been the subject of fascination for many a film and book. Anyone who has shrugged off the Victoria and Albert Museum’s exhibition ‘Maharaja: the Splendour of India’s Royal Courts’ - as an Orientalist fancy, including many Indians themselves, ought to take a look.
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Last Updated on Friday, 04 December 2009 12:47 |
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Thursday, 03 December 2009 10:22 |
By Lisa Reinisch
When Timbaland played a DJ set on the beach of Abu Dhabi recently, the crowd was not what you’d expect at a hip-hop show: families including toddlers, schoolchildren, teenagers and grannies, many in traditional Muslim dress, turned up for the free gig.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 06 December 2009 22:23 |
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Thursday, 03 December 2009 01:00 |
Tate Modern. London
Review by Estella Hung
Hanging over Pop Life like Andy Warhol’s fright wig is the question of - Why Now? To hold an exhibition that assaults us with Warhol’s “Good business is the best art” mantra and its diamond-encrusted legacy, just when the world is convalescing from a crisis of capitalism, seems about as tasteful as Andrea Fraser’s video of herself making love to an art collector (on display here).
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Last Updated on Thursday, 03 December 2009 01:34 |
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Tuesday, 01 December 2009 01:00 |
David Wearing looks at a new film that casts Venezuela's 'Bolívarian revolution' as a genuine grassroots movement, rather than the Chavez-led personality cult that some would have you believe.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 03 December 2009 01:40 |
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Thursday, 19 November 2009 00:00 |
Director Grant Heslov (2009)
Review by Jane Barnwell
What sounds like an obscure documentary about farming practices turns out to be an entertaining and thought provoking dig at the United States home and foreign policies.
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Last Updated on Friday, 27 November 2009 11:23 |
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 23:00 |
Tristan Bates Theatre
Review by Graham Kirby
It is over six years since we invaded Iraq – it seems longer - but with an almost daily death toll coming from Afghanistan and a current troop deployment under way by President Obama, it is a timely revival of one of the successes from last year’s Edinburgh fringe festival, Motherland, the retelling of accounts of family’s stories, collected by writer Steve Gilroy from women across the North East of England.
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Last Updated on Friday, 27 November 2009 11:24 |
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Wednesday, 04 November 2009 00:30 |
by Jennifer Ruby
There is no denying that the main draw to the Northern Broadsides’ production of Othello at Trafalgar Studios is the prolific and enduring British comedian, Lenny Henry, who adopts the lead role. Having been a huge part of stand-up and TV comedy since the 1980s, Henry is turning his hand to Shakespeare for the first time - to surprising success.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 05 November 2009 01:45 |
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Wednesday, 28 October 2009 19:00 |
Royal Academy of Arts, London Review by Estella Hung
“I have often said that I have nothing to say as an artist. Having something to say implies that one is struggling with meaning. The role of the artist is in fact that we don’t know what to say, and it is that not knowing that leads to the work”, said Anish Kapoor in the accompanying pamphlet to his monumental retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 29 October 2009 00:41 |
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Sunday, 25 October 2009 00:00 |
Keith Tyson Parasol Unit, London
Review by Estella Hung
The first conclusion you might draw from Cloud Choreography is that Keith Tyson has finally chosen an accessible subject matter in which to indulge his artistic sensibilities
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Last Updated on Thursday, 22 October 2009 19:32 |
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