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Art and Society
August 28, 2015
Under Threat: Art, Politics and History in Central Asia
By Catherine Putz
A few good reads for the weekend.
August 28, 2015
Uzbekistan Fires Director of the Famous Nukus Art Museum
By Catherine Putz
Marinika Babanazarova has been director of the Karakalpak Museum of Art since 1984. Her dismissal has caused an uproar.
May 30, 2015
Hoarding Banned Soviet Art in Uzbekistan
By Catherine Putz
And the "discourse of danger" in Tajikistan, recommended reads.
May 22, 2015
Build Your Own Bangkok: An Artist Turned Amateur Anthropologist
By Poppy McPherson
In her art, Kathy MacLeod explores Bangkok's 'vibe of self-worship', the hipster invasion, and sexpat culture.
May 13, 2015
The Buddhist Bug: Islam, Buddhism, and Art in Cambodia
By Poppy McPherson
Anida Yoeu Ali’s multi-media installation and performance project is an exploration of spiritual turmoil.
July 30, 2010
Japan's Real 'Salarymen'
Some of Japan’s hardest working people are types far from what you’d expect.
July 21, 2010
Kyrgyzstan Food Art
American burgers become art in one of the busiest community hubs in Kyrgyzstan?
July 09, 2010
Bittersweet Kyrgyzstan
The setting of an art project in Kyrgyzstan’s been destroyed. But hopefully not all is lost.
June 08, 2010
Made in China
A new art exhibit features Chinese printing, a technology pioneered over 1300 years ago.
May 17, 2010
BAS! Beyond the Red Light
A new documentary about young girls in Mumbai’s red light district is worth seeing.
March 25, 2010
No. 2: Godzilla
Over 50 years old, this iconic monster of a film is second on our countdown.
February 08, 2010
Not Born into a Brothel
‘From a Calcutta brothel to a New York University,’ reports the BBC today on one of the eight children who were featured in the 2004 documentary Born into Brothels, a remarkable film about finding hope through art for some of the most unfortunate you
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