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'Cultural Revolution' in Venezuela
President Hugo Ch谩vez's arts policy comes under fire

South Korea's Japan Problem
A pop video is re-igniting ill feeling between the two countries

Is Nadine Gordimer a Racist?
Teachers attack the South African Nobel Laureate's novel 'July's People'

Iranian Art Debuts in Europe
London's Barbican Gallery welcomes the country's contemporary art

Turkmenistan Clamps Down on the Arts
President Saparmurat Niyazov orders the opera house to be closed

Mexico's Man of Mystery
How Subcomandante Marcos became an icon of resistance

Philippines Film Censor Condemns Government
Nicanor Tiongson has resigned in protest at 'religious bigotry'

Tierney Gearon in Hot Water
The US photographer falls foul of Britain's Vice Squad

Hollywood Writers' Strike Looms
Studios are struggling to avoid industrial action from 1 May

The Taliban Attacks the Arts
Statues in Afghanistan are deemed 'un-Islamic'