Arts
U.S. film director resists Chinese interference
Director Quentin Tarantino has refused to yield to the Chinese government's demands that he make edits to his latest movie before it can be shown in China.
Who’s been censoring your movie?
The Chinese government censors everything the government disagrees with. It even coerces foreign movie studios to edit and change their films.
Iranian women’s strength on display at Smithsonian exhibit
Take a look at life in Iran through the artistic expression of Iranian female photographers in a popular exhibit at an art gallery in Washington.
Meet Joy Harjo, the new U.S. poet laureate
Joy Harjo, a Native American poet, playwright and musician, has been named the new U.S. poet laureate by the Library of Congress.
China’s last empresses debut in U.S. exhibit
Beijing's Palace Museum has lent the Smithsonian paintings, embroidered gowns and other items dating from China's Qing Dynasty for an exhibit on empresses.
Cuban artists protest government restrictions
Cuban artists are boycotting the 2019 Havana Biennial. Their alternative show protests Decree 349, a law that makes independent artistic expression a crime.
Americans see the world through literature in translation
Americans’ interest in what’s happening in the rest of the world is reflected in their growing appetite for foreign literature.
U.S. returns stolen artifacts to China
Working closely with Chinese officials, the FBI has accomplished the largest repatriation of cultural items from the U.S. to the People’s Republic of China.
5 ways the Cuban revolution has failed the people of Cuba
The Cuban Communist Party has failed to deliver on the promises of the revolution that ushered it into power 60 years ago.