Arts & Culture · June, 2025

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Arts & Culture · June, 2025

Stories about Arts & Culture from June, 2025

Vincentian-Canadian writer Chanel Sutherland, winner of the 2025 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, says stories help acknowledge shared humanity

'This is exactly the level of craft and originality [the Prize] exists to celebrate'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

2 weeks ago

From whispers to bold stitches as Ivorian artist Joana Choumali explores identity and peace

‘My work helps me understand why I exist. Then I share it, and a dialogue begins’

Written by Omid Memarian

2 weeks ago

In the '80s, some Yugoslav rockers made songs about homosexual love

Despite the progressiveness of these bands, the next decade saw a sort of reversal

Written by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe

3 weeks ago

Neighbors come together to defend urban trees in Caracas, Venezuela

Through poetry, Caracas residents denounce the indiscriminate felling of giant rubber trees

Written by Estefanía Salazar

Translated by Rebecca Wilson

3 weeks ago

Hundreds of women writers arrested as China extends crackdown on ‘Boys’ Love’ fantasies

Hosted in Taiwan, Haitang Literature City was founded in 2015 amid China's Crackdown on online sexual content

Written by Oiwan Lam

3 weeks ago

Battling stigma and discrimination, Malaiyaga Pride cuts a pioneering path in Sri Lanka

‘It’s about building a future where we are safe, seen and supported every single day’

Written by GroundViews

3 weeks ago

Spanish artists reimagine Picasso's Guernica against the genocide in Gaza

The pain of mothers losing children to violence is universal

Written by Melissa Vida

4 weeks ago

No girl is safe: Grieving Sana Yousaf and the cost of visibility

‘For many of us, in Lahore, London, or New York, these killings are no longer shocking. They are devastating. But they are not new’

Written by Annie Zaman

4 weeks ago

Filipino artists reject Senate bill expanding powers of film and TV regulating body

The bill allows the government to regulate TV programs and movies streamed online

Written by Mong Palatino

18 June 2025

Animating a love letter to her Ukrainian roots: An interview with stop-motion animator Tamara Finlay

‘In a fragmented world, her animations function as bridges: poetic, deliberate responses to disconnection and loss’

Written by Omid Memarian

18 June 2025

Hong Kong police inadvertently promote a Taiwanese online game with a warning against ‘secessionist’ content

Reversed Front said the game was the most downloaded app on Hong Kong’s App Store before its removal

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

12 June 2025

‘Cinema can reflect heal and humanize’: Interview with Lanre’ Obisesan, a Nigerian-American filmmaker

‘...what truly ails us, especially in underserved communities, isn’t just medical. It’s emotional, psychological, spiritual.’

Written by Zita Zage

9 June 2025

Bridging cultures: How Korean passion is shaping a new generation in Egypt

Meet three young Egyptians connecting South Korea to Egypt through language, food, and fandom

Written by Fatma Al-Zahraa Badawy

8 June 2025

A niche publisher is using Asian literature to bring Taiwan and Japan closer to Ukraine

During the Stalinist purges in the 1930s, Ukrainians were forbidden to study or research East Asia

Written by Filip Noubel

7 June 2025

Painting as a shelter: Spanish artist Bárbara Alegre on art, grief, and emotional healing

‘Her figures evoke a return to slowness, empathy, and connection with the self, others, and the natural world’

Written by Omid Memarian

7 June 2025

What Vybz Kartel’s no-show in Trinidad could reveal about the sustainability of cultural performances in the Caribbean

A question of reimagining and rescaling, so big fish can occasionally revisit and happily fit into the small ponds that spawned them

Written by Dave Williams

4 June 2025

Wrapped in ritual: How Bulgaria’s Alevi community maintains its heritage

Ritual clothing, shared memory, and spiritual tradition take on deep and sacred significance

Written by Diana Nikolova

3 June 2025

Trinidad & Tobago’s Joshua Regrello enters Guinness Book with record-breaking steelpan-playing marathon

‘[W]e came together [to] make history through the power of steelpan ... today, that dream is a global record'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

2 June 2025

Why Bashkir band Ay Yola and their hit ‘Homay’ didn't sit well with some Bashkirs

The song has sparked intense debate about national pride and identity

Written by Guest Contributor

1 June 2025

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