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French

  • Music Show: U2, Snoop Dogg and Camp Claude
    This week on Arts24, we explore new releases from major music stars like rapper Snoop Dogg and U2, who continue to tease their upcoming album after dropping their second EP of the year. We also chat with French electro-pop band Camp Claude about their new album Never Say Never and why music video aesthetics remain […]
  • Filmmaker Ilker Catak’s ‘Yellow Letters’ pits artists against the powerful
    Filmmaker Ilker Catak explains how his political thriller – exploring authoritarianism and the artistic process – grew out of a desire to examine the complexities of marriage. "Yellow Letters", which won the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival, serves as a cautionary tale. Catak says the story is not confined to Turkey – where his […]
  • 2026 Contemporary Art Biennale: Lebanon’s art, old and new
    Nabil Nahas has been painting for seven decades. From his childhood in Lebanon to his career in New York, he is now presenting his latest monumental work in Venice as his country’s representative at the 2026 Contemporary Art Biennale. The artist speaks to us about his connection to the ancient civilisations of his homeland, and […]
  • French Film Show: ‘Mrs’ lays bare bourgeois family tensions
    The weight of tradition bears heavily on Marianne, the protagonist of the new film "Mrs", played by Mélanie Thierry as a seemingly perfect wife and mother. Film critic Manon Kerjean explains how director David Roux’s minimalist approach draws on the legacy of bourgeois drama master Claude Chabrol – and why Thierry’s performance carries the film.
  • France's Macron and Japan's Takaichi give nod to 'Dragon Ball' franchise
    On a visit to #Japan, French President Emmanuel #Macron shared a 'kamehameha' moment with PM Sanae #Takaichi – a nod to one of Japan's most famous #manga and #anime franchises, 'Dragon Ball'. Macron is on a state visit to #Tokyo for talks on security ties and industrial cooperation.
  • Eurovision Song Contest to hold first Asian edition in Bangkok in November
    The Eurovision Song Contest Asia 2026 has confirmed artists from at least 10 countries across Asia competing: Thailand, South Korea, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. More are expected to join before the finale in November. FRANCE 24's Monte Francis reports.

India

  • 1200+ historic ‘Survey of India’ maps – searchable, digitised, and free to access.
    The Survey of India was established in 1767 – just a decade after the Battle of Plassey (1757), which reshaped political power in the subcontinent. In other words, mapping came on the heels of conquest, as British authorities sought to document and manage the land they now ruled. What began as military and administrative necessity soon became one […]
  • Social Media has changed : what comes next for museums, libraries & cultural institutions?
    The original promise of social media platforms was not only reach, but connection. For cultural institutions, they offered a way to speak in a more relatable voice, connect with audiences and invite participation (beyond the limits of geography). Until around 2022, this felt genuinely transformative. At a time when many institutional websites were clunky and newsletters […]
  • Colonial Photographs of Kerala: Unnamed People and Forgotten Lives in the Archive
    In Kerala’s colonial photography archives, people gaze back at us – some named, categorized, but many left entirely unrecorded. These photographs from British-era Kerala capture moments of stillness: people working, posing, witnessing. But behind each frame lies a pressing question that colonial visual records often fail to answer: who were these people? Hands crossed; gaze […]
  • Looking at Colonial Photographs : Memory, Posture, & Place
    Have archival photographs ever looked back at you? Dragged you into its frames? Made you pause not just to see, but to feel, to guess, to remember, or to imagine? There is a strange alchemy when one is looking at colonial photographs. A photograph can certainly freeze time. It can, however, also disrupt time. It […]
  • When the Queen Becomes Colonial Mother: Nationhood and Empire under Victoria Regina
    In 1877, when Queen Victoria (r. 1837–1901) assumed the title of Kaisar-i-Hind, British officials sought to monumentalize her as a figure of peace and imperial stability. In India, however, her image emerged as a divine sovereign across sections of society. Her likeness appeared as traditional handmade dolls, in temple reliefs and reports from the late […]
  • Mumbai’s Bandstands: Where Music, Culture and Community Converged
    For most residents of Mumbai, the word ‘bandstand’ evokes the popular image of Bandra’s seaside promenade, fondly referred to as just the ‘bandstand’ in the neighbourhood. But for an older generation, it also recalls the city’s once-ubiquitous spaces for live music – structures that stood in gardens, maidans, and neighbourhood parks. As Mumbai grows into […]

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