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On 15 November 2023, performance artist Marina Abramović addressed an audience at London’s Royal Geographical Society. She appeared in conversation with Tim Marlow, the Chief…
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By Maria Bregman There is a certain kind of French novel that functions as a high-end emotional spa for the international reader. In its pages,…