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Hindustan Times
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 9 June 2025
What: The Silent Canvas Speaks Again Where: Art Gallery, India International Centre Annexe, Lodhi Road When: June 9 Timing: 11am to 7pm Entry: Free Nearest Metro Station: Jor Bagh (Yellow Line) What: Summer Sonata – A Festival of Opera, Ballet & Concert Films | Ballet Adolphe Adam: Giselle Where: CD Deshmukh Auditorium, India International Centre, 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Road When: June 9 Timing: 6.30pm Entry: Free Nearest Metro Station: Jor Bagh (Yellow Line) What: Bollywood Night ft Harish Where: The Terrace, Plot 1, Sector 5, Vaishali, Ghaziabad When: June 9 Timing: 8pm Entry: Nearest Metro Station: Vaishali (Blue Line) What: Legends of The Sea Festival Where: I Dig History, 6th floor, Ambience Mall, NH8, Sector 24, Gurugram When: June 9 & 10 Timing: 2pm to 8pm Entry: Nearest Metro Station: Moulsari Avenue (Rapid Metro) What: Gaurav Kapoor Live Where: The Laugh Store, CyberHub, DLF Phase II, Sector 24, Gurugram When: June 9 Timing: 9.45pm Entry: Nearest Metro Station: Phase 2 (Rapid Metro)
The Guardian
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘So much joy': show brings Martin Parr's low-key visits to Bristol Pride to light
He is best known for his images of Britons at the seaside and candid shots of the working class, but a new exhibition by the photographer Martin Parr focuses on the annual Pride event in his adopted home city of Bristol. Parr has spent years discreetly attending Bristol Pride, capturing photographs of people parading and protesting, but most of all enjoying themselves at the event, one of the biggest of its kind in the UK. A selection of his photographs are being shown at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, where Parr will appear this week to promote the show. Parr told the Guardian he first went to Bristol Pride in the 1980s but started attending more regularly over the past few years. Asked why it was such a good subject, he said: 'People dress up in the rainbow colours, you get some great placards, what's not to like?' He said he had shot Pride events in Manchester and the Isle of Wight. 'Bristol is more lively and quite cosmopolitan.' Though he has lived in Bristol since the 1980s, for years he did not take many photographs in the city. 'I told myself, when I am home in Bristol I should rest.' But he is making up for that now. 'About five years ago, I said: 'I must shoot Bristol.' I had been missing out. How stupid can you be?' Daryn Carter, the director of Bristol Pride, took his first look at the exhibition with the Guardian and was clearly thrilled at the show. 'It's amazing when you come around the corner and see them,' he said. 'The colour really grabbed my attention and then the images – just incredible. Pride is something that is so special and the parade and the festival itself brings so much joy and celebration and I can see that in this room.' Carter said Parr had never made a fuss of attending the event. 'I remember spotting Martin in the festival site, I think it was in 2018. I was just like: 'Is that Martin Parr?' And then we discovered obviously that he had been coming for a few years and we started to talk about the exhibition. We're so fortunate that Martin is so passionate and supportive.' Carter picked out an image of a child on someone's shoulders holding a Bristol Pride flag. 'Especially with the current climate, I think of the younger generation as the hope for our future. Times are quite hard at the moment for the LGBTQ+ community and we want to ensure that Pride is an event that's open for everyone and that all ages come so that they can see and celebrate diversity and expression.' Carter also highlighted a photo of a person carrying a sign reading: 'Trans. Here in 1969. Here in 2019. Here always.' Carter said: 'I think it's interesting because I think a lot of people think that trans and the gender debate is something that's new or it's just the current thing. But actually it's not. You know, trans people have always existed.' Another eye-catching image is of a drag queen looking intently at a phone with a can of Blackthorn cider – a drink closely associated with south-west England – balanced in the crook of their elbow. Carter said: 'Martin's got a very candid eye and he captures the behind-the-scenes and people enjoying and embracing the festival.' Sign up to The Guide Get our weekly pop culture email, free in your inbox every Friday after newsletter promotion The free exhibition runs until 23 November.
ABC News
06-06-2025
- Business
- ABC News
Maud Page finds her muse, two months into leading Art Gallery of NSW
Two months into one of the most prized jobs in art, Maud Page has found a muse in the world of politics. "I really want the urgency, almost, of a politician," Ms Page told the ABC. The state's parliament is almost in sight of the institution she has been chosen to lead, the Art Gallery of NSW (AGNSW). While some of her predecessors have enjoyed decades-long tenures (Edmund Capon held the top job for 33 years), the gallery's new director is determined not to waste a moment. "I really want to say, 'I've got three years to really make a difference'," she said. "I know that the first few years, even the first couple of weeks and months are really, really crucial in setting the flavour and setting the ambition." Ms Page is the 10th permanent director of the gallery since it was founded in the late 19th century. She is also the first woman at the helm. "But I am really pleased that there has been a shift." As rare as the appointment of a woman, is the promotion of an existing employee to lead the organisation. Ms Page joined AGNSW as deputy director in 2017, working under Michael Brand, who decided to step down late last year. "There is a ceiling to the deputy director [role] and usually deputy directors do not get director jobs," Ms Page said. Recruiters searched the globe for Dr Brand's replacement for a fee of up to $154,000, but ultimately his deputy was deemed the best person for the $509,000-a-year job. "The diamond is shinier outside, so I'm really, really pleased that on this occasion the committee chose to look from within," Ms Page said. Ms Page's political skills have been put to the test early in her tenure amid rumblings of tension at the gallery. According to a report in the Australian Financial Review, two senior executives were believed to have resigned within a fortnight of Ms Page's promotion. The newspaper, citing "sources close to the gallery", reported that a "rift" had emerged in the institution. When ABC's Stateline put the claims to Ms Page, she did not deny the reports but, with the deft communication skills of a politician, explained that change was natural. "A creative environment is one where there's strong discussions," Ms Page said. The new director was unafraid to weigh in on a recent controversy in the art world — the dumping of artist Khaled Sabsabi as Australia's representative at the 2026 Venice Biennale. The Coalition raised concerns in federal parliament in February that some of his old work had glorified terrorism, a representation the artist said was false. Within hours, Sabsabi was dropped by Creative Australia, which said his selection posed an "unacceptable risk to public support for Australia's artistic community". Ms Page wouldn't say whether she thought the decision undermined artistic freedom, but she did heap praise on the artist. "What I can say is that Khaled Sabsabi is an extraordinary artist, and a very thoughtful one, and a very senior artist and very respected," she said. "Everyone has an opinion about art, so there's interference with art all the time. And so I think it's up to us as institutions and as leaders to make sure we navigate that carefully." As for the stamp Ms Page wants to leave on the gallery, she plans to increase the focus on First Nations art, which she said is Australia's "point of difference when the world looks at us". "Unfortunately, they don't look at all our array of amazing artists, but they do look at the Indigenous because that's never been seen before." She also plans to ramp up children's programming in a bid to make the gallery feel like a "second home" for everyone. "I want to make sure that on every single floor there's something for families to do and that it's intergenerational and really exciting when you walk through these doors. "I want you to feel it, that it's palpable, that you've got something for you, and that you feel absolutely welcome."
ABC News
06-06-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
New Art Gallery of NSW boss Maud Page finds her muse
Why Art Gallery of NSW's new head wants to tackle her role like a politician.
BBC News
03-06-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Leamington Art Gallery and Museum shut as rain affects repairs
A town's Art Gallery and Museum has been temporarily closed due to ''unforeseen circumstances'' relating to roof repairs. Recent weather impacted a multi-million pound project to restore the Grade II listed Royal Pump Rooms building in Leamington Spa, Warwick District Council said. A statement on the gallery's Facebook page said it had shut as a ''precautionary measure'' for the safety of visitors and staff. It said the closure was necessary due to the "ongoing complexities" of essential roof repairs, "made more challenging by recent and forecast heavy rainfall". The closure, which has been ongoing since 29 May, means the opening of the gallery's latest exhibition, A Different View: Women Artists in the collection, has been postponed. A spokesperson said a further update would be provided on Wednesday. A crane is being used to remove air-handling units from the building's roof before ''critical repairs'' the council said would preserve the "iconic building for generations to come''. The Royal Pump Rooms, in the town centre, houses a museum, library, café and visitor information centre and is "an integral part" of the town's history, the local authority has said. The library and cafe remain accessible to the council had originally said the building would stay open for business despite being covered in has promised further updates on the works as soon as possible. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
