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What’s On
Disruptive Landscapes: Contemporary Art from Japan
Quietly powerful and immersive video works revealing the politics behind our view of landscape.
John Vea: Ini Mini Mani Mou
Powerful new work examining the complexities of the immigration process in Aotearoa New Zealand.
He Kapuka Oneone – A Handful of Soil
Exploring the relationship between tākata and whenua – people and land – through Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history.
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Sounds of the city
Justin commented recently on the colours of a city, but cities – including this one – have no less distinctive trademark sounds.
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Buon anniversario
Today it's buon anniversario to Girolamo Nerli, born this day in Sienna, in 1863.
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No thank you, Your Majesty
A list of those Britons who declined honours between 1951 and 1999 has just been published by the Cabinet Office and widely reported in the British press. You can see the full list here.
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Plain sailing
Another palpable hit in our project to clear copyright is the British artist Hellmut Sail (1908–1971)
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Plus ça change...
Petrus van der Velden brilliantly captured the Canterbury nor'wester back in the 1890s