Sunday Buzz: Branco Stoysin Trio
The much-admired Branco Stoysin Trio blend acclaimed originals with arrangements of enthralling traditional music from former Yugoslavia. ...
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Artsdepot
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United Kingdom
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THE REFERENDUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
SEVENTH ITALIAN-BRITISH CONSTITUTIONAL CONVERSATION
The Devolution Club, a leading cultural association from Italy, turns now its attention to a British constitutional issue: the theory and practice of referendum in the United Kingdom. How far the theory and practice of direct democracy are coherent to the dogmatism of parliamentary sovereignty? ...
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Italian Cultural Institute
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London
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United Kingdom
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Kekko Fornarelli Trio
More eclectic than ever, Kekko Fornarelli presents his fans with ROOM OF MIRRORS, the result of the new and irresistible creative energy of his Trio. Three years after his last album, and following work in France and all over Europe, this is the brand new project by Kekko Fornarelli. The way Kekko Fornarelli’s jazz music changes and reinvents itsel ...
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Italian Cultural Institute
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London
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United Kingdom
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Bossa Nova Lounge
Explore the beautiful sounds of Brazilian jazz music, with a Bossa Nova lounge. ...
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GUANABARA
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London
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United Kingdom
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Ragamala Paintings from India: Poetry, Passion, Song
Illustrated talk by Robert Skelton, performance by Swati Natekar
In a special discussion of the exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, Robert Skelton introduces the collection of verses known as Ragamala, accompanied by musical performances by famed Indian classical singer Swati Natekar. Originating from the Jain Manu_s of the late 15th cen ...
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Asia House
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London
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United Kingdom
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TEATRO e MUSICA
TEATRO e MUSICA "ANIMALI IN VERSI" con Carlo Boccadoro e Valeria Patera (in italiano)
Carlo Boccadoro, Pianista, Compositore e Musicologo Valeria Patera, Poetessa, Attrice e Regista
E’ un originale spettacolo in cui musica e poesia tracciano un racconto inatteso del mondo animale. Provare a guardare il mondo “a quattro zampe”, roves ...
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Italian Cultural Institute
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London
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United Kingdom
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The British-Hungarian Fellowship presents
Zoltán Szabó Nyugati Vártán
This year marks the centenary of the birth of Zoltán Szabó, the leading figure of the Hungarian emigrant community in the UK. To celebrate this remarkable occasion a two-volume publication called Nyugati Vártán has come out with Zoltán Szabó's essays, studies, spe ...
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Hungarian Cultural Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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A Dance with the Dragon: The Vanished World of Peking's Foreign Colony
With its fossil hunters and philosophers, diplomats, dropouts, writers and explorers, missionaries and refugees, Peking's foreign community in the early 20th century was as exotic as the city itself. The last great capital to remain untouched by the modern world, Peking both entranced and horrified its foreign residents-the majority of whom wer ...
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Asia House
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London
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United Kingdom
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Trans-Siberian Railroad - Epic Journey
It is the legendary Trans-Siberian Railway which holds the vast territory of Siberia together. The actual length of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, or simply TransSib, from Moscow to Vladivostok, is over 9,288 kilometres, covering nearly all Eurasia. It’s the longest railway on the planet (complete non-stop trip from Moscow to Vladivostok takes 7 days ...
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PUSHKIN HOUSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art from Germany
The Saatchi Gallery presents the exhibition Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art from Germany, the gallery’s first survey of German art. The exhibition, which presents artists from or based in Germany (including Berlin, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Bremen and Cologne), confirms Germany’s position as a powerhouse of European contemporary art.
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Saatchi Gallery
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London
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United Kingdom
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Young Women-s Writing from Russia: GLAS
Young Women’s Writing from Russia: A presentation by top Russian publisher GLAS
Russian women increasingly occupy leading roles in society. They take a sober view of the present-day world. With typical female emotion and attention to detail they speak openly about previously forbidden subjects - including specifically female problems - and leave ...
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PUSHKIN HOUSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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Friends and Foes of Artistic Change: Destalinisation in the Soviet Art World in the 1950s and 1960s
Friends and Foes of Artistic Change: Destalinization in the Soviet Art World, 1950s-60s*
To the last days of the Soviet Union, conservative aestheticians and art functionaries vigorously resisted any attempt to revise the conception of Socialist Realism or to sanction an ecumenical concept of what they disparagingly called “realism as a rubber ...
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PUSHKIN HOUSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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Shi Cheng: City Stories from China
Despite being the dominant global economy and the world's largest nation, surprisingly little is known in the West about China's contemporary culture, not least its literature. Similarly, when we think of China, we often fail to grasp the colossal diversity of this country and its ever changing urban landscapes - from the tropical palm-tree ...
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Conference Centre, British Library
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London
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United Kingdom
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The Cranes are Flying
A Palme d’Or winner at Cannes, an eye-opener for Westerners wary of ramrod Soviet-cinema propaganda, one of the first major works made during the post-Stalinist “thaw” of the late 1950s: Mikhail Kalatozov’s tale of love during wartime has earned its landmark status several times over. But to think of this exquisite tragedy as a Communist-art curio ...
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PUSHKIN HOUSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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Hanami in Kensington Gardens
We will be holding our annual Hanami cherry blossom viewing party in Kensington Gardens, under the cherry trees close to the Albert Memorial, from around 12pm on Saturday 14th April. Complimentary sushi will be provided early in the afternoon, and of course you may bring along as much additional food and drink as you care to share or enjoy!
Thi ...
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Kensington Gardens
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London
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United Kingdom
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Masterpieces tour in French: Les chefs-d-oeuvre de la Wallace...
Découvrez les chefs-d'oeuvre de la Wallace Collection autour d'une visite guidée en français. Ces visites sont gratuites et ouvertes à tous, alors venez nombreux! ...
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The Wallace Collection
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London
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United Kingdom
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Inside Russia: A Correspondent-s Personal Notes
by Bridget Kendall
GB RUSSIA SOCIETY PROGRAMME
The BBC’s Bridget Kendall is probably best known for her reporting from Moscow at the end of the perestroika era, when as BBC Moscow correspondent as she charted the Soviet Union’s collapse, the failed coup of 1991 and the emergence of a new Russia under Boris Yeltsin.
In fact her acquaintance ...
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PUSHKIN HOUSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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The Brit Pak
Curated by Reedah El-Saie, Director of Mica Gallery, The Brit Pak presents work by a number of emerging British Pakistani artists.
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Southbank Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Tortoise-shell and Gold Counter Case
Used for storing playing cards, inside this case are four gold rectangular compartments, each with its own mother of pearl suit inlaid beside it. The scenes depicted on the case are an exaggerated view of Chinese life, where the people, the architecture and the insects are almost all the same size. The case is made using a special technique called ...
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The Wallace Collection
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London
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United Kingdom
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Maori Instruments with Richard Nunns: Pre-Concert Talk
New Zealand musician Richard Nunns, authority on Taonga Puoro (Maori instruments), introduces these treasures in an illustrated talk and explains the cultural meaning and historical use of these fascinating instruments and their modern revival.
The talk precedes Spiritual Journeys where you can see Richard Nunns perform with the New Zealand Stri ...
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Kings Place
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London
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United Kingdom
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Franz Erhard Walther: Work Stages
This will be the first solo exhibition of Franz Erhard Walther (b. 1939 Fulda, Germany) in the UK. The exhibition will include ground-breaking work from the late 1950s, 60s and 70s together with the artist’s latest retrospective and autobiographical drawing project - Stardust. The graphic novel sheds light on the ideas and motivations informing his ...
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Drawing Room
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London
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United Kingdom
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La Dolce Vita 2012
As London’s largest showcase of Italian food, wine & drink products, this brand new ‘show-within-a-show’ feature will take visitors on a gastronomic journey through Italy’s world renowned producing regions, vineyards, market places and kitchens.
TICKETS WILL GO ON SALE FOR LA DOLCE VITA 2012 EVENT IN JANUARY. ...
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Business Design Centre
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London
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United Kingdom
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Japanese Conversation Group
The Japanese Conversation Group provides a friendly and informal atmosphere for Japanese speakers of all nationalities to come together and speak Japanese. Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of every month at The Old Explorer, a central London pub. They begin at 6.30pm with a pay-as-you-go bar, and finish around 10.30pm.
You will receive all ...
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The Old Explorer
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London
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United Kingdom
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Hyper Japan
Hyper Japan is dedicated to bringing you everything cute, cool and contemporary about today's Japan, from 24-26 February at Earls Court.
From food to fashion to film, Hyper Japan will be bringing what's hot on the Tokyo streets straight from Japan's top trend-setters.
Hyper Japan will showcase culture, customs, language, travel, a ...
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Brompton Hall Earls Court
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London
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United Kingdom
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Private Tour of Ai Wei Wei-s --Dropping the Urn- and -Porcelain City, Jingdezhen
Special invitation to a private tour of the Ai Wei Wei exhibition, featuring a selection of ceramic works and photographs made from 1993 to the present day. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view some of the most iconic works in the field of Chinese contemporary art, and Porcelain City: Jingdezhen a display of contemporary works in porce ...
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Asia house
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London
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United Kingdom
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The Art Community as Territory of Freedom in Russia
The Art Community as Territory of Freedom in Russia: Evolution from "The Wanderers" to "The War" Group
Panel Discussion
David Jackson. Professor of Russian and Scandinavian Art Histories, University of Leeds
Elena Zaitseva, independent curator and an art critic
Andrey Shabanov, researcher at the Courtauld Institute
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PUSHKIN HOUSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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Axis of Light: Eight Artists from the Middle East
Seen through the work of eight leading artists, Axis of Light is a poignant and absorbing observation of the beauty and mystery of the Middle East. Through the eyes of these artists, a human face so often overshadowed by conflict and war is revealed.
Axis of Light is Pia Getty's third film project and features the artists: Jananne Al-Ani, A ...
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Institute of Contemporary Arts
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London
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United Kingdom
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Asia House 2012 Festivals Preview
The Chairman and CEO of Asia House welcome Patrons and supporters to an exclusive VIP preview and reception to launch the Pan-Asia Film Festival and the Festival of Asian Literature 2012. Withspecial guests including Hardeep Singh Kohli.
Featuring trailers of our upcoming film selection and a short talk with Hardeep Singh Kohli. ...
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Asia House
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London
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United Kingdom
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The Crucible of Self: A Critical Analysis of War Diaries by Japanese Soldiers, 1937-1945
Touching on research conducted for his forthcoming book, The Peril of Self-Discipline (Harvard University Press, Fall 2012), Aaron William Moore will analyze how Japanese soldiers came to write ‘war diaries’ (???? / ????) during the period of total war in East Asia. The completion of this project required the reading of over two hundred diaries by ...
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The Oriental Club
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London
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United Kingdom
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THE RIMET TROPHY: The incredible story of the World Cup
Shot in Brazil, England, Spain, Italy, Uruguay and Argentina, the documentary tells the story - using filmed reconstructions, archive materials and interviews with witnesses and experts - of the incredible and mysterious events behind the Jules Rimet Trophy, from the beginning of the 20th century to the present.
The history of the cup, forged i ...
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Italian Cultural Institute
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London
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United Kingdom
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Confessions of an Otaku
Video artist David Blandy unravels his obsession with Chinese and Japanese popular culture. From philosophical conversations with Bruce Lee to the quandary caused by loving Anime and being the grandson of a veteran of the Japanese concentration camps, Blandy will discuss the misrecognitions, mistranslations and revelations in Kung-Fu flicks, Manga ...
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Asia house
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London
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United Kingdom
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Three Capitals: Kiev - Moscow - St.Petersburg
Discover the three most amazing cities of Russia and the Ukraine. From the lavishness of Moscow to the aristocratic beauty of St. Petersburg, and to the authentic beauty of Kiev with its golden-domed churches. You will start your virtual trip in Kiev - the capital of the Ukraine. You will then move on to Moscow; the architecture of Moscow is a kale ...
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PUSHKIN HOUSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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Tea Master Class with East India Company
Join us in our tea master class with Jane Pettigrew to learn more the journey of tea from leaf to cup. ...
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Asia House
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London
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United Kingdom
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Call for Sublime: From -Last Day of Pompeii- to Diaghilev-s Ballets Russes
This lecture covers almost hundred years of Russian art: from its first masterpiece which rejoined provincial Russian school with European Romantic mainstream and was accepted as an important social event in Russia - Carl Briollov’s The Last Day of Pompeii (1833) to the triumphal Drang nach Westen of Russian Modernism - Serge Diaghilev’s Russian Se ...
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PUSHKIN HOUSE
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London
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United Kingdom
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Chinese New Year
Celebrated around the world, Chinese New Year is one of the most important traditional Chinese holidays. Join us for a day of family events, workshops, and film to usher in the Year of the Dragon. The celebrations at Asia House will include events such as dumpling making, story telling, and children’s activities. ...
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Asia House
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London
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United Kingdom
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