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The future’s a bitter pill to swallow in Prague

In front | FEATURE
Digitally generated artist's impression of one of the reading rooms in the planned National Library in Prague, by Jan Kaplicky (Render, Kaplicky Studio)

The audacious design of the new National Library in Prague unleashes intense debate

by Xavi Hervás Vigueras // 19/07/07

PICTURES

Political choreographers: Alexandre and Natalia Furman

Art is politics: the third part of our series on portraits of artists attempting to resist the 'cultural Chernobyl’, which reigns in Belarus, a country asphyxiated by the authoritarian regime of president Alexander Lukashenko

by Jef Bonifacino // 16/07/07

Aldiss in his office (Photos: Nicholas Newman)

Brian Aldiss: 'I told Kubrick it was impossible he make a film of my story'

The British science fiction author, 82, on working with Hollywood greats, being caned for 'telling stories' at school and Europe being a 'wonderful idea'

by Nicholas Newman // 13/07/07

REVIEW

2 Days in Paris: 'the French are apparently perfect'

Julie Delpy’s multicultural comedy with bite, starring her parents, US actor Adam Goldberg and Germany’s Daniel Brühl, opens in French cinemas on 11 July. Reviews from both sides of the Rhein

by Nathalie Six/ Karsten Marhold // 11/07/07

PICTURES

Men creating men in Belarus

Art is politics - the second part in our series of profiles of artists trying to resist a ‘cultural Chernobyl’ in a Belarus stifled by president Aleksander Loukachenko

by Jef Bonifacino // 09/07/07

REVIEW
Museum Fridericianum (Photo: Julia Zimmermann/ documenta GmbH)

Documenta 12: the web of art

A round trip of Germany’s most important exhibition for contemporary art, 'Documenta 12', which asks questions and tightens the link between avant-garde and the viewer

by Anika Kloss // 05/07/07

AGENDA

July culture vulture

Between Italian jazz and Nordic tango, Slovenian saxophone and Scottish rock, Spanish bull running and German contemporary art – check out the July issue of our Vultures for Culture calendar

by Jannik Pfister // 04/07/07

PORTRAIT

Belarus rocks

Art is politics: the first part of our series on portraits of artists who attempt to resist the 'cultural Chernobyl' which reigns in Belarus, a country asphyxiated by the authoritarian regime of president Alexander Lukashenko

by Jef Bonifacino // 02/07/07

REVIEW
‘St Kilda – Island of the Bird People’ (Photo: Le Phénix/ Valenciennes)

In Europe's opera wings

It's billed as a unique opera project which will occur simultaneously in five EU countries - but during the performance of ‘St Kilda – Island of the Bird People’ in Valenciennes, Europe made itself scarce

by Katharina Kloss // 28/06/07

REPORT
Songs for a conservative, Christian orthodox land (Photo: Natalie Gryvnyak)

Pink revolution

Over 200,000 people flooded Independence Square on 16 June to see British singer Elton John's AIDS-awareness free concert - publicising a dark aspect of Ukrainian society, with estimated adult HIV prevalence of 1.4%

by Natalie Gryvnyak // 27/06/07

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