Arts

Our global arts team works with the best of British creative talent to develop innovative, high-quality events and collaborations that link thousands of artists and cultural institutions around the world, drawing them into a closer relationship with the UK.  

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Belgium: Designer: a.KNACKFUSS / Photograph by Sebastien Bonin / Model: Marine D / Agency: Dominique Models

International Fashion Showcase

Presenting work from around the world on the theme of ‘Emerging Talent’, embassies and cultural institutes in London will exhibit the work of up-and-coming fashion designers from their country, in parallel with London Fashion Week.

The Uncommercial Traveller : www.bmarcob.com

The Uncommercial Traveller

Inspired by Dickens's collection of journalistic writings, Arcola Theatre and Punchdrunk Enrichment will lead a unique series of collaborations in cities across Asia and Australia, creating theatrical audio-guided journeys in each location.

Dickens' Dream by Robert W. Buss 1875

Dickens 2012

On 7 February the British Council will stage a 24 hour global read-a-thon with 24 countries - including China, Singapore, Albania, Argentina, Iraq and Russia - reading 24 of Dickens’ texts in 24 hours.

Highlights

Creative Coalitions in Sudan

We are supporting two UK artists, Ty and Pen Pastwn, to visit Sudan to perform and collaborate with local artists in Khartoum and Port Sudan during February. The festival in Port Sudan will be the first music event there of its kind for over 30 years.

Musicians in Residence: China

Imogen Heap, Jamie Woon, Gareth Bonello and Matthew Bourne have been chosen to take part in a six week residency programme in China, designed to enable innovative British musicians to explore new musical territory and reach new audiences.

William Blake and British Visionary Art

This exhibition at the Pushkin State Museum introduces the work of the outstanding English poet and artist William Blake, focusing on etchings, watercolours and tempera, alongside paintings by other British masters of the 19th and 20th centuries.

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