Cultural releases
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Brilliant music, books, art and TV to have on your radar in May
This month’s most exciting cultural happenings include a Beninese musician’s pop-star-packed album, an exhibition examining the work of Icelandic star Björk and a film told from the perspective of a plucky hen.
Choice cuts
Our inventory of cultural unmissables includes a tense paella western, an original Ukrainian crime drama and a collection of top-grade South African sonics.
Choice cuts
What’s on the cultural agenda for the months ahead? Ten in-the-know critics reveal the films, television shows, music, exhibitions, dance events and theatre offerings that should be on your radar.
Catching sparks
From a historical novel about identity in a time of plague to retro-Persian electro music secretly recorded in Istanbul, we survey the brightest of the cultural highlights to come.
Immaculate collection
A great auteur and a fresh film talent vie with super-sized art, musical returns and literary explorations of identity to excite our intellectual curiosity.
Artistic licence
From a Danish short-story collection to an exploration of Hollywood’s cultural legacy, we survey the works that capture our times.
Taking on the world
From a compassionate migration thriller to an exhibition on compulsive image-making, we survey the season’s cultural highlights.
Sight and sound
From an artist’s interrogation of identity to an auteur’s latest work of high melodrama, we survey forthcoming cultural highlights.
Bright sparks
As the days darken, enlighten yourself with our edit of the best of the season’s arts and culture, from printed page to gallery floor.
Jump start
Get in the swing of things with a vivid literary slice of 1960s Harlem, a joyous new album from a Motown icon and a must-see photography fair.
