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Inside Yoshitomo Nara's beautiful studio sanctuary in Japan
Artist Yoshitomo Nara – an older Japanese man with grey hair over which he wears a black baseball cap, and wearing a black hooded top, stands in his whitewalled artists studio which has paintings on the wall and various materials propped against the walls and at the room's edges.
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Inside Yoshitomo Nara's beautiful studio sanctuary in Japan

Get an insight into the art and practice of artist Yoshitomo Nara as he offers a rare video tour of his studio.

My Mixtape: Ásrún Magnúsdóttir’s 10 eclectic teenage favourites
Ásrún Magnúsdóttir a young woman with short brown hair and bright blue eyes. The words 'My Mixtape' are placed in front of her.
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My Mixtape: Ásrún Magnúsdóttir’s 10 eclectic teenage favourites

The theatre-maker and choreographer shares 10 unusual tracks requested by teenagers at her Listening Party events, and the stories behind them.

Raymond Antrobus: ‘I have zero interest in framing myself as some kind of victim’
The poet Raymond Antrobus, a man in his late 30s of British and Jamaican heritage with short hair, sits smiling on a wooden chair in a roughly kept garden
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Raymond Antrobus: ‘I have zero interest in framing myself as some kind of victim’

An in-depth interview with poet Raymond Antrobus who talks about his life as ‘an investigator of missing sound’ and his memoir The Quiet Ear.

Stravinsky conducts in the Royal Festival Hall
Igor Stravinsky, a small 83 year old balding man wearing black-rimmed glasses stands with arms stretched out at his stands as he conducts a rehearsal
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Stravinsky conducts in the Royal Festival Hall

Watch the legendary composer conduct a 1965 performance of The Firebird by the Philharmonia Orchestra.

Caroline Achaintre: studio spotlight
Artist Caroline Achaintre, a middle-aged woman with long wavy brown hair, wearing glasses and a powder blue sweatshirt and sleeveless jacket, stands in front of one of her multi-coloured woven artworks
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Caroline Achaintre: studio spotlight

The artist and guest curator of the Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition Material Worlds, leads a video tour of her London studio.

My Mixtape: Kazuko Hohki’s 10 Ura Matsuri favourites
The musician and artist Kazuko Hohki, a middle-aged Japanese woman with short hair that is shaved up one side and swept off to the other. The words 'My Mixtape' are placed over the artist
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My Mixtape: Kazuko Hohki’s 10 Ura Matsuri favourites

The Frank Chickens singer shares a playlist of East and South East Asian artists (almost) all of which have featured at her annual Ura Matsuri events.

5 things to know about Jazz Jamaica
Jazz Jamaica, a band of 12 musicians stand in an industrial backdrop with their instruments
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5 things to know about Jazz Jamaica

Get to know the London-based pioneers of ‘skazz’ with an all star line-up in more ways than one.

Who is artist Pio Abad?
A bald man wearing white, looking to the camera with a silver artwork behind them and a drawing in front
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Who is artist Pio Abad?

Discover the Philippine-born Turner Prize-shortlisted artist who found his artistic feet in Glasgow.

Arts unravelled: How do you make music visual?
A blurred image of a group of musicians in a studio
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Arts unravelled: How do you make music visual?

Artists from New Music Biennial explain the how and why behind the creation of their audio-visual works.

How I create… with theatre directors Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska
Theatre directors Kelly Copper – a woman with long auburn hair piled high on top of her haid – and Pavol Liska – a bald man wearing sunglasses – stand in between a couple of motorbikes wearing biker-style t-shirts; behind them is a brick building beside a metal suspension bridge
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How I create… with theatre directors Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska

The creative minds behind Nature Theater of Oklahoma explain the evolutions and key components of their creative process.

My Mixtape: Kloé Dean's 10 tracks that get her on her feet
A young woman with red eye shadow holds her hood up. The words 'My mixtape' are in situ over the topof the image of the woman.
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My Mixtape: Kloé Dean's 10 tracks that get her on her feet

The dancer and choreographer will have you up on your feet before you know it with this personal playlist.

Nubya Garcia: ‘Music has been with us from the beginning of time – we need to be within it’
Nubya Garcia, a young Black woman with long braided hair wears a long yellow gown
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Nubya Garcia: ‘Music has been with us from the beginning of time – we need to be within it’

An in-depth interview with musician Nubya Garcia who talks about perseverance, performing live and the importance of being present in music.