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Photo of a person speaking into a microphone holding an electric string instrument with a choir in the background.

Theatre and performance

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The barbarians are at the gates in this electric Laurie Anderson performance

Video by All Arts

Shadow of a person on crumpled paper in dark setting photo.

Trauma and PTSD

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Sent to boarding school, a boy conjures up a friend to soothe his distress

A film by Tony Gammidge

Woman in a white dress standing in front of a geometric quilt in a garden setting with trees in the background.

Traditional arts

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Beauty is woven into everyday life for the quilters of the American West

A film by Carly Jakins and Jared Jakins

An elderly woman in a patterned beanie holding a red card with holes punched into it in front of her face.

Artists and art history

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Circles possess a defiant beauty in the abstract works of Howardena Pindell

Directed by César Martínez Barba

Close-up of hands holding clear frogspawn with visible black eggs in a natural outdoor setting.

Creativity

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A filmmaker’s never-realised ideas become an exploration of self-doubt

Directed by Cameron Nicoll

A woman holds a square mirror that blocks her face; it reflects rocks and grass. There is blue sky and clouds in the background. The only element in focus is the reflection on the mirror.

Painting and sculpture

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Losing her eyesight, a painter’s art evolves with the way she sees the world

Directed by Liberty Smith

A Nigerian ballerina in a white tutu dancing atop yellow minibuses in a crowded urban setting.

Dance

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Nigeria’s first ballet school brings tutus and joy to the streets of Lagos

Directed by Jacob Krupnick

A child in a yellow shirt and red shorts pushing a tire uphill on a steep, gravelly incline against a clear sky backdrop.

Play

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A cobalt mine becomes an unlikely playground for children in Congo

A film by Francis Alÿs

Abstract blue and white line drawing of multiple nude female figures, seen from various angles, arranged in a pattern.

Artists and art history

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A minotaur shifts shapes and sexes in this ferociously original animation

A film by Chaerin Im

A photo of an artist in a cap and paint-splattered trousers sitting next to a large painting of a man holding his face in his hands.

Painting and sculpture

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A rural Namibian artist reflects on authenticity in work and in life

Directed by Niklas von Klitzing and Leo Stolz

A smiling shirtless man with the outline of a child, as if cut out by scissors, sitting on his shoulders.

Parenting and families

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No kidding! Inside one childless comedian’s choice to get a vasectomy

A film by Jordan Temple

Painting of lilac flowers with green leaves on a dark background. The flowers vary in shades of purple, pink, and white.

Beauty and aesthetics

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‘Nothing renders their beauty’ – can art ever capture the splendour of a flower?

A film by Miléna Trivier