#cultural-exchange

#cultural-exchange

This handsomely illustrated book, based on one of the world's largest textile collections, sheds light on a little-understood category of global art: the intricate, astonishingly varied block-printed cloths that were designed in pre-modern India and sent out for over a thousand years on maritime trade routes to Japan, Indonesia, France and Britain.

The inaugural Wexford French Film Festival which was officially launched by the French Embassy in Ireland and Screen Wexford in collaboration with Alliance Française Waterford/Wexford, The Picture House - Wexford Film Society has been hailed as a great success, with plans already in the works for another.

Wagner Ribeiro de Souza wasn't carrying much in his backpack. A local compilation of techno, house and jungle hits, a couple of news clippings and a VHS tape with footage from the club where he played weekly: small fragments of a music scene that he, under the moniker DJ Patife, and some friends were building in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It was 1998. He had travelled to London to talk his way into the office of Movement, one of Britain's most important drum'n'bass nights, with a single goal: pitching an edition of the party in Brazil.

Macron launched into a rendition of Aznavour's classic about youth, love and the passage of time, as he sat behind a piano, microphone in hand.

Despite previous discussions of troop reductions, the blunt nature of Trump's announcement startled many in Landstuhl, a town deeply connected to the American military.

"I grew up in a very small town in central Germany, a rural and safe place, but I knew very early on that I didn't want to stay there. I wanted to explore the world."

From learning a language to building confidence and work experience, Erasmus+ offers transformative opportunities to enhance young people's life chances, said UK skills minister Jacqui Smith.

The temple is centered around a monumental circular basin 35 meters in diameter, which was connected to the Ostium Pelusiacum, allowing it to be filled with the Nile's richly silted water.

"Games have long brought people together across cultures and centuries, creating shared experiences that connect us beyond borders, languages, and differences. Whether played on boards, performed through physical skill, explored via the spoken or written word, or navigated in digital worlds, games carry educational, symbolic, and social roles that shape how we learn, connect, and make meaning through play."

Mamdani opened up about his journey from immigrant child to becoming the city's 112th mayor, calling it a dream realized. Born in Uganda in 1991 and arriving in New York at age 7, he's now the youngest person to hold the office in over a century and the city's first Muslim and African-born mayor.

The book I found 60 years later at a flea market in Istanbul would have been in the suitcases of many of these workers.

Egypt was one of the great crossroads of the medieval world, with many travelers journeying there and recording their impressions of the country and its people.

Swedish King Charles XII was down on his luck, defeated by the Russians and camping out in a place called Bender in Moldova, then part of the Ottoman Empire. The Turkish sultan was getting tired of the Swedes hanging around on his territory, so Turkish forces crowded into Bender. Mayhem ensued. Charles was forced out. What a kalabalik!

This weekend sees the start of the 23rd San Francisco Greek Film Festival, which since 2004 has provided a local showcase for new screen work from the "cradle of Western civilization" still most associated with its contributions to arts and ideas in the ancient world. This latest edition brings together eight fictive features, sixteen documentaries of various length, and nine narrative shorts.

The Mushroom Pavilion was designed by OMA's New York office, led by Shohei Shigematsu, with project architects Shary Tawil and Caroline Corbett. The building opens to the surrounding 65 acres of natural landscape between the mountains and the Oaxacan coast through an oculus that connects the central space to the sky, as well as through openings around the lower perimeter that allow natural ventilation.

Bulgaria is home to the largest Turkish community in the Balkans. Around 500,000 ethnic Turks live in the southeastern European country of 8 million, making up about 8% of Bulgaria's total population, according to a 2021 census. Most are descendants of Turkish settlers who came to Bulgaria with the Ottoman conquest in the 14th and 15th centuries. Many settled in the southern and north-eastern provinces of Bulgaria. Members of this ethnic minority, who largely subscribe to Sunni Islam, still speak Turkish, unlike the Bulgarian-speaking Muslims known as Pomaks.

The accompanying catalogue for Hawai' i: a Kingdom Crossing Oceans features more than 150 works, from ancient Hawaiian treasures to important contemporary pieces, telling "a compelling story of movement, allyship and cultural exchange [between the UK and Hawaii]". An inventory of the entire collection of Native Hawaiian works housed at the British Museum, the largest collection outside of Hawaii, is included in the catalogue.

The 8th edition of , held at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) in in 2025, returns with the theme 'Design the Unspoken.' Ithra's annual celebration of design includes workshops, challenges, exhibitions and a grad show, to design markets, panels, and immersive two-day programs with global experts, Tanween gathers designers, artists, researchers, and enthusiasts from around the world.

The first time I got on a plane was memorable - not because I was heading to a fancy vacation spot, but because I was going to boot camp for the Marine Corps. From the moment I arrived at the recruiter's office, the energy was intense. Family members were calling to wish me good luck, and my nerves mixed with excitement. I'll never forget when the pilot announced, "Let's give a round of applause for the future Marines on board."

Downtown San Jose welcomed a new cultural gem with the opening of the Silicon Valley Asian Art Center at 150 East Santa Clara Street on October 17. The midday ribbon-cutting ceremony featured remarks from Mayor Matt Mahan, Councilmember Anthony Tordillos, Assemblymember Ash Kalra, representatives from the San Jose Downtown Association, and owner Jianhua Shu. This event marked the expansion of the center from its original Santa Clara location, established in 2004, which has long showcased modern and ancient artworks.

When young musicians from Nigeria and Germany took to the stage at a Beethovenfest concert in Bonn on September 11, it was clear that the audience was witnessing the culmination of an incredible journey. Afrobeat rhythms pulsed alongside clarinets and violins, Nigerian protest songs merged with Beethoven's"Egmont." The concert, with its musical mix of influences, was the culmination of Campus Project 2025 a collaboration between BeethovenfestBonn, the German Youth Orchestra and DW that's been running for over two decades.

For the first time in almost 1,000 years, the Bayeux tapestry will come to Britain. In 2026, it will be displayed at the British Museum as part of a landmark cultural partnership with France, while the Bayeux Tapestry Museum in Normandy is closed during the construction of a landmark new building. In return, some of the UK's greatest treasures including the Lewis chessmen, the Sutton Hoo helmet, the Mold gold cape, and the Dunaverney flesh hook will travel to Normandy.

Matsuyama arrives at his studio designed by architect Keisuke Nibe, working long hours and preparing for exhibitions, showcasing his busy artistic schedule.