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Raqib Shaw Ballads of East and West at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Raqib Shaw Ballads of East and West at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The Calcutta-born Raqib Shaw, now quite British, explains in the catalogue that he always saw a challenge in the ironic Rudyard Kipling line, “Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.” On view at MFA, Houston through September 2.

Observer · 09 Jul, 2024 @ 10:40

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