An exhibition by Diana Ali in Manchester. 'Gift'.

Concept
Artists, writers and thinkers from opposite parts of the world translate and exchange the verbal into the visual, the local to the global in an exploration of collaborative postcard collecting and interchanging. The transmission and retrieval of these responses will create the emergence of new narratives that will be shared and reacted upon through hybrid texts, images and temporary ownership. The authors will be a global network of artists.

Process

Friday 30 May, 7.30pm Town Hall, Birmingham Tickets: £13.50, £17.50, £19.50 Ticket Office: 0121 780 3333 or online at www.thsh.co.uk

Anoushka Shankar has a pedigree to die for: the beautiful, supremely talented daughter of legendary sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, she has played with George Harrison, Sting, Herbie Hancock and Elton John, and now brings her sitar to Town Hall, Birmingham for the first time.

New Indian Art from the Frank Cohen Collection
From 15 March to 2 August 2008
Press release attached at the bottom of this page

Passage to India is the fourth exhibition at Initial Access and will present new Indian art from the Frank Cohen Collection. It will showcase a selection of important painting and sculpture by a new generation of artists from India who are starting to take centre stage in the international contemporary art world.