In the second part of her look at Islam and hip-hop, Lisa Reinisch investigates the challenges facing Muslim rappers in the United States, with both the religion and the music taking root far away from the neon lights of the American Dream.

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.

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.

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).