2 h. ago The world of art remains unresponsive to London's expansive graffiti scene, say artists

The world of art remains unresponsive to London's expansive graffiti scene, say artists  South West Londoner

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2 h. ago WATCH: The world of art remains unresponsive to London’s expansive graffiti scene

WATCH: The world of art remains unresponsive to London’s expansive graffiti scene  South West Londoner

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43 h. ago ‘A joyous and emotional journey’: immersive exhibition charts Coventry’s south Asian heritage

Hardish Virk uses photography, film, music and his family’s memorabilia to tell a wider story of migration and community resilienceAs you enter the living room at the Stories That Made Us exhibition, a stereo plays the Hindi anthem Yeh Dosti Hum Nahi Todenge. It’s a ballad celebrating friendship and love from the epic film Sholay. Beside the stereo, sits a bottle of Johnnie Walker and a red glass decanter. On the table are copies of the Punjabi newspaper Des Pardes, which translates as “home abroad”.The scene, which depicts the childhood home of Coventry-born curator and artist Hardish Virk, is one of several spaces in an immersive exhibition at the city’s Herbert Art Gallery & Museum. It traces four decades of the experiences of south Asians as they arrived and adapted to the social, political and cultural changes in modern Britain. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Man dies after being found unresponsive at New London parking garage

Man dies after being found unresponsive at New London parking garage  WFSB

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6 d. ago Family of 'loving' man, 56, who died after 'fight in street' pay tribute

Franklin Francis (pictured), 56, was found unresponsive on Tuesday afternoon in Forest Gate, east London.

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6 d. ago Family pay heartbreaking tribute to ‘loving member of the family’ who was killed on street as two men arrested

A FAMILY has paid a heartbreaking tribute to a man described as "loving" and "warm" who died following a street fight in east London. Franklin Francis, 56, was found unresponsive in the Forest Gate area of Newham and was rushed to hospital but couldn't be saved. Two men have been arrested after a fight that...

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3 w. ago ‘This is fascist America’: Anish Kapoor may sue after border agents pose by his sculpture

Artist says ‘military style’ raids in US are ‘beyond belief’ while discussing new Southbank show next yearThe artist Anish Kapoor is considering taking legal action after border patrol agents posed for a photo in front of his Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago, saying the scene represented “fascist America”.The Indian-born artist said he was sent the image by a friend who lives in the US city on Tuesday morning in a conversation about his show at the Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery, which will open next year. Continue reading...

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