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Culture News in United Kingdom
Hong Kong philanthropy supports Buddhist art studies in London
London is set to seal its status as one of the leading western centres for the study and conservation of Buddhist art, following a remarkable private donation from a… Read More
The Uncommercial Traveller | Dickens 2012 | Melbourne, Karachi, London, Penang, Singapore | audio-guided journeys
As part of the British Council’s Dickens 2012 programme, Arcola Theatre and Punchdrunk Enrichment set out to rediscover the resonance of Dickens’s creative process for the 21st century. Leading a unique series of collaborations in cities across Asia and Australia, creating theatrical audio-guided journeys in each location. Read More
Opportunities in United Kingdom
Research into contemporary East-Asian Visual Culture | call for papers
Current Research into Contemporary East-Asian Visual Culture: Art – Design – Film – Photography. A Call for Papers for a one-day conference at Tate Modern, London for post-graduate research… Read More
Exhibition Coordinator | Architecture Foundation | job opening
The Architecture Foundation in London is looking for an Exhibitions Coordinator (part time, 3 days a week), to assist in delivering its programme of public exhibitions that experiment with representations of architecture. Read More
Pan-Asia Film Festival | Asia House London
The Asia House Pan-Asia Film Festival offers a unique opportunity for viewers to see groundbreaking new films from the Persian Gulf to the Pacific, covering the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia and East Asia. Read More
British Director leads Berlinale 2012 International Jury
British film director Mike Leigh heads the International Jury of 62nd Berlin International Film Festival main awards -the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears. Read More
Events in United Kingdom
East meets West: Art and Design Now
East meets West: Art and Design Now, exhibits the work of 20 young artists and designers from Korea, Taiwan, China, Japan, Hong Kong and Macau – many currently working in London. The show reveals the stimulating variety of creative energy emanating from these countries, and which is increasingly impacting on the capitals – and indeed – the worlds, art scene. Read More
UK | World Shakespeare Festival
The World Shakespeare Festival opens in London, a celebration of Shakespeare as the world’s playwright with 70 productions featuring artists from around the world, performed in 37 different languages. Read More
Magazine United Kingdom
The Bangalore Lysistrata Project: Indo-British Theatre Collaboration
Contributed by Deepika Arwind We are a group of nine Indian actors sitting on stage. Our British director, Jeff Teare takes the centre seat of the first row. We… Read More
Between art and environment: a Singaporean case study
WORK-LIFE, a forum in Singapore, engaged the community, to discuss and develop ideas on how art can be effectively and responsibly used to create greater understanding, tolerance and appreciation of community in an increasingly intercultural and environmentally unsustainable world. Read More
Back the world ban on looting
In an open letter published in the Independant newspaper in March 2012, 15 leaders of the UK collections community called on the British government to honour its 2004 pledge to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict. Read More
New funding for UK Museum Japan and Korea galleries
Asia-Europe Museum Network member Durham University Oriental Museum, in England, has received funding to develop its Japan and Korea galleries. Read More
