The Stories of 2016 Through Art and Culture
How have artists responded to Syria, Brexit, the US elections and the migrant crisis?
Syrian film-maker Avo Kaprealian and American artist Molly Crabapple discuss two very different projects documenting the Syrian Civil War.
Tina visits the Good Chance Theatre Company to take part in The Machine to be Another, a virtual reality simulation of the life of a refugee in the UK.
Novelist Panos Karnezis reflects on why artists and writers were taken by surprise by Britain鈥檚 vote to leave the European Union.
Tina hears about a rare pro-Donald Trump art exhibition and finds out what impact a Trump Presidency might have on culture in the United States.
Alexander Kan considers what a new statue in Moscow can tell us about President Vladimir Putin鈥檚 state of mind and Eurovision winner Jamala discusses 1944, her award-winning song which provoked controversy in Russia.
And blogger Blaire Moskowitz describes how the phenomenon of Pokemon Go might impact the world鈥檚 museums.
Photo: A demonstration about the situation in Aleppo, Credit: AFP/Getty Images
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