China Takes Over the (Art) World
The corridors are so long, you may want to bring extra shoes. China’s newly-expanded National Museum is now the world’s largest museum — what does it say about the country’s cultural ambitions? And we’ll meet rising pop star Marsha Ambrosius. Her R&B sound is smooth and sexy, but her songs are sometimes caustic, and she’s upsetting the status quo with a very personal video about a taboo subject.
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