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GSK Contemporary

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News Arts news

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Janet Cardiff & George Miller

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Hush Arbors

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Cover image: Sina ma tuna: Sina and Her Eel by Shigeyuki Kihara. Faleaitu: House of Spirits series. C-print on dibond aluminum, 2003. Overall: 85.1 x 75.1 x 2.4 cm. Part of the Living Photographs exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York. Courtesy of artist Shigeyuki Kihara and photographer Sean Coyle. Used with kind permission.

features Mark Doty

The personal & the universal

Jonny Steinberg

Journeying through an epidemic

CuBA

The 50 th anniversary of the Cuban revolution

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Janet Cardiff & George Miller 30 Theatrical, Immersive & Voyeuristic

Shigeyuki Kihara

gender & identity: Samoa’s narratives

GSK Contemporary

The new contemporary art season

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10 to see

recommended exhibitions this season

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Hush Arbors

Contrasts & adaptations Lambchop

growth & collective inspirations

Je Suis Animal

In the name of Surrealism

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School of Seven Bells

The Art of Climbing Mountains

the Sundance film festival

Evolving the Cinematic Frontier

Independent Cinemas

Offering a fresh alternative

Eclipse theatre

The hounding of David Oluwale

Live on stage

Theatre round-up

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New books Gemma Weekes

Excerpt of Love Me with author Q&A

reviews Books

Music

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Classifieds

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