For over four decades, Human Rights Watch has defended those at risk of abuse through thorough investigating, exposing the facts, and unremittingly pressing those in power for change. Recently marking its 30th anniversary, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, which presently screens films in over 15 cities across the world, shines a light on human…
Today a career in photography is considered a respectable and fairly ordinary vocation in India but the profession only emerged in the nation close to the end of the 19th century, comprising exclusively of male practitioners for some fifty years. Homai Vyarawalla, India’s first woman photojournalist, is best known for documenting the country’s transition from…
As one of our most telling cultural artefacts, fashion is a manifestation of our values, interests, needs, and an imprint of a moment in time with social, political, and economic dimensions. Yet because much of its printed matter is produced for commercial or informal purposes, it seldom receives the in-depth examination it deserves. The below…
Bhutanese director and writer Pawo Choyning Dorji’s Oscar nominated debut feature, Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, is set for its UK release on 10 March 2023. When Ugyen, a day-dreaming and dissatisfied young teacher, is posted to a school in the remote village of Lunana, dizzyingly high up in the Himalayan glaciers, he is…
Husband and wife duo François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, collectively known as Les Lalanne, are one of the most fascinating and prolific art couples of the 20th century. Following the more subdued aesthetics of the early 1960s, the 1970s heralded a taste for a new and bold eclecticism. Les Lalanne were at the forefront of this…
Strikingly crafted, ambitious in scale, and feats of engineering, the Dravidian architecture of South India, manifest in temples throughout the region, was pioneered by the Pallava dynasty who reigned in parts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and northern Tamil Nadu from 275 CE to 900 CE. During Pallava rule, rock-cut architecture was the most popular means…
Collage, a technique by which a new work results from an assemblage of different forms, was a method first recorded around the time of the invention of paper in China, in 200 BCE. With a rich history spanning the globe and diverse art movements from Cubism to Pop art, the method remains prevalent in contemporary…
The 37th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival will take place from 15–26 March 2023 at BFI Southbank, while also offering a selection of titles on BFI Player to UK-wide audiences and to international audiences via Five Films for Freedom. The Southbank HQ is set to host a busy roster of special events…