Adam Harper has written on music and culture for ‘Wire’, ‘Frieze’, ‘Resident Advisor’ and other publications. He lectures on musicology and cultural studies in London and Oxford.

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Got To Keep On (2019), installation by The Chemical Brothers and Smith & Lyall.

The Design Museum takes to the dance floor

An exhibition dedicated to the music of the future may be too respectful of its past

12 Aug 2020

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Stained-glass window for the Salon Arabe in the Sursock Museum, in the workshop of Maison Tarazi.

A year after the blast, Beirut is in crisis – but look hard, and there are small signs of hope

With chaos in Lebanon and Beirut in crisis, the resilience of the city’s artists and heritage workers is something of a miracle

Private party? Carnaby Street in Soho, London, in late 2020.

Why are painters getting pushed out of public spaces?

The privatisation of public space in UK cities means that artists are being made to feel increasingly unwelcome

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The Apollo 40 under 40 podcast: Mohamad Hafez

The Syrian-born, US-based artist talks to Gabrielle Schwarz about his sculptural dioramas of cities ravaged by war – and offers a message of hope for the future

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The week in art news – Klaus Biesenbach appointed director of Neue Nationalgalerie

Art Basel seeks to reassure nervous exhibitors ahead of fair

The week in art news – fears grow for the safety of cultural workers in Afghanistan

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