Black Speculative Arts

A celebration of the global moment the Black Speculative Arts movement is having

• 26 mins

Music, politics and identity

Nikan Khosravi - Iranian heavy metal; Tamer Nafar - Palestinian hip hop; LGBTQ+ rap

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Art in India's 75th year of independence

Artists looking forwards and back in India's 75th anniversary year of independence

• 23 mins

Emily Ratajkowski and the art of the body

Artists on celebrating, injuring, ignoring and transcending the human body

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Girl bands

The female bands from across the globe, striking a note for gender equality

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Art and China's Winter Olympics

Art from Qu Lei Lei, Shuang Wu, Zhao "pandaman" Bandi, Xia Jia, Chen Qiufan & Corsak

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Atelier for exiles

Join us in Paris at the Atelier des Artistes en Exil, a hub for 400+ refugee artists

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Landscapes

Nawal Al-Mughafi explores how artists are responding to the landscape around them

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Digital reshaping art: Refik Anadol, the KAWS gallery in Fortnite

AI, data, and digital reimagining art and spaces

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International women in film: Jane Campion, Ari Wegner, Dina Amer and Leah Purcell

Jane Campion and Ari Wegner discuss their multi Oscar nominated film The Power of the Dog

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Two years of Covid: The arts reflect

Documentary maker Matthew Heineman, Andrew Garfield, Ilaria Bernardini on the pandemic

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Theatre masterclass special

Mark Ravenhill presents a theatre masterclass special in front of a live virtual audience

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Afroitalian beats

A journey across Italy through the voices of second generation musicians

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Ukrainian artists’ response to the war

How Ukrainian artists have reacted to the war

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Sudan: Art and political change

How changes in government, technology and culture are shaping the future of Sudan

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What does history sound like?

Can ancient musical instruments help contemporary Mexicans connect with their past?

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New global art at the Venice Biennale

Alfredo Thiermann and Dominga Sotomayor on recreating the peatlands of Patagonia

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Making ballet a stage for all

Dancers Mamela Nyamza, Chloe Lopes Gomes and César Morales, tell us their stories

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How is the arts world responding to the Ukraine conflict?

Sanctions, boycotts, bans, cancellations -how the arts is responding to Russia’s invasion

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The art of memory

How artists are using the stories and hidden memories of the past

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Breaking the boundaries of fiction

Writers in popular genres like crime, horror and fantasy overcoming literary snobbery

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Is comedy a risky business?

Comedians from around the world on the risks involved in telling jokes.

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Celebrating Commonwealth writing with HRH The Duchess of Cornwall

HRH The Duchess of Cornwall shares her passion for literature

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Disabled musicians turning up the volume

What’s being done to integrate disabled musicians into the mainstream music industry

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What next for Afrofuturism?

We meet the next generation of Afrofuturism-inspired artists

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Simu Liu: Making heroes for us

The new superheroes representing cultures across the world

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Hong Kong: 25 years on

Curator Billy Tang, artist Samson Young, film-maker Ching Wong on Hong Kong culture

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Inside Norway’s future library

How a forest near Oslo is being transformed into a future library

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Musicians championing indigenous languages

Artists campaigning through song for their languages to have a place on the world stage

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Art of the Queer Diaspora

LGBTQ+ artists on the meanings of home and exile

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