John Wyver writes: V&A South Kensington is hosting, until 22 September, Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence, a comparatively small-scale exhibition about the fascinating topic of, as the website says, 'a unique style of mid-century architecture which fused the clean more
We are pleased to announce the release of our authoritative collection of exhibition documentaries for download exclusively from our website. It is the first time these films have been available digitally and we're excited to be giving them a new more
John Wyver writes: having looked at two early films from New York's Metropolitan Museum, here and here, and before I return to the topic of museums and media in the United States, I thought I would explore more
One of the exhibitions in London that I am most looking forward to is the Paul Strand retrospective that has just opened at the V&A (until 3 July). Subtitled 'Film and Photography for the 20th Century', the show more
... a bit, well, ordinary. At least that's how David Bowie is happening now came across in my £14.20 seat at the Cineworld Wandsworth. Tonight's 7pm screening was billed as 'a live nationwide cinema event' and the 'finale' to the more
Boxing Day sees the continuation of our lists of 2012 top ten cultural experiences. Today's contribution is from our colleague Todd MacDonald. Todd: I started trying to rank these in order but it started to strike me as being more
The National Video Archive of Performance (NVAP) is a great and glorious resource - and shamefully little-known. Thanks to a generous agreement with theatre unions (which permits taping without the payment of fees to artistes and others), the more