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The Girl From Ipanema’s secret life in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — Astrud Gilberto, the singer synonymous with “The Girl From Ipanema,” grew up in Brazil and traveled the world as an ambassador of the gently intoxicating bossa sound created by her first husband, João Gilberto.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 19, 2023

Tracey Emin shares she is one-eighth Nubian as she unveils National Portrait Gallery collaboration

Artist has created 45 female portraits in gallery’s bronze doors

The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2023

Dear Earth at the Hayward Gallery review: artists tackle the climate crisis with complexity and real poetry

The show’s greatest strength is that it’s hard-hitting, while refraining from too much sloganeering

Evening Standard · Jun 19, 2023

Banksy's exhibition in Glasgow is sharply political and laugh-out-loud funny

WHO says crime doesn’t pay? In his quarter-century career as a graffiti artist, Banksy – whose first solo show in 14 years opened at the Gallery…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 19, 2023

Woven house invites its residents to be immersed in nature

Woven by Giles Miller Studio is a new home in the Kent coast, designed to bring together humans and nature

Wallpaper · Jun 19, 2023

New 50p coin issued by Royal Mint to commemorate Windrush 75th anniversary

The coin's designer Valda Jackson was born in Jamaica and moved to England in 1964 and pays tribute to the many British Caribbean and Commonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK as part of the Windrush generation

Daily Mirror · Jun 18, 2023

Explore the sounds of Thai rainforests

Renowned audio artist Francisco Lopez will give a world premiere of his new composition, Himavanta, in four sessions over two days this Friday and Saturday, at 7pm and 8.30pm. The venue is Bangkok 1899, a cultural and civic hub located on Nakhon Sawan Road, tambon Wat Sommanat.

Bangkok Post · Jun 18, 2023

Museum dedicated to history of immigration in France reopens

The National Museum of the History of Immigration in Paris is reopening its permanent exhibition, with a new focus on the long and dynamic history of people moving to and from France.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 18, 2023

Capturing the Moment review – not a serious exhibition

You can’t move for masterpieces – most of them owned by the Taiwanese collector Pierre Chen – but this supposed journey through painting and photography is rambling and at times comically simplistic

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2023

What will life after globalisation look like? The Venice Biennale may hold the answer

Cultural colonialism has rightly been rejected – but China’s protest shows that authoritarians can also weaponise tradition, says philosopher Lorenzo Marsili

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2023