UK musician Charlie Dark surveys The Black Atlantic Project at the Studio Museum in Harlem, 2006. Image credit: Scott Suchman.
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The UK today is pulsing with a spectacular range of artists who are defining the twenty-first century. The British Council is building bridges across the Atlantic and bringing the best of the British arts scene to your doorstep. Discover exciting new work, emerging artists and trends, and browse through our portal of information on UK arts. We’re going to move you—British dance is taking performance art into the twenty-first century.
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Literature. Sculpting the future—while the so-called Young British Artists continue to make a sensation, the next generation of visual artists are making their own imprint.
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