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Joanna Pousette-Dart: Centering exhibition
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Josh Kline: Social Media  exhibition
New York | Josh Kline: Social Media
Shirazeh Houshiary: The Sound of One Hand exhibition
Los Angeles | Shirazeh Houshiary: The Sound of One Hand
Patternmaker's Maze exhibition
Shanghai | Patternmaker's Maze
Christopher Le Brun: Phases of the Moon exhibition
Beijing | Christopher Le Brun: Phases of the Moon
Zhao Gang: Carnivore exhibition
Beijing | Zhao Gang: Carnivore
Yu Hong: Islands of the Mind exhibition
London | Yu Hong: Islands of the Mind
Dexter Dalwood: English Painting exhibition
London | Dexter Dalwood: English Painting

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John Akomfrah walks us through the British Pavilion

Commissioned by the British Council for the 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, John Akomfrah’s most ambitious commission to date, Listening All Night To The Rain, draws its title from 11th century Chinese writer and artist Su Dongpo’s poetry, which explores the transitory nature of life during a period of political exile. Organised into a series of song-like movements or ‘cantos’, the exhibition, curated by Tarini Malik, brings together eight interlocking and overlapping multimedia and sound installations into a single and immersive environment that tell stories of migrant diasporas in Britain. The exhibition is the result of decades of extensive research by the artist and his team, using historical records to contextualise our experience of the present day.

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