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From Mother Mary to Foo Fighters: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

This article is a weekly entertainment guide from The Guardian, covering cinema, gigs, art, stage, streaming, games, albums, and brain food. In the art section, it highlights two exhibitions: "Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today" at Kettle's Yard in Cambridge, featuring artists like Henri Rousseau and Lubaina Himid; and a show of South African photographer George Hallett's work at the John Lennon School of Art and Design in Liverpool, documenting black resistance in 1970s Britain. It also mentions an open house for Lonnie Holley's new works at Edel Assanti gallery in London.

The Distance Between Art and Survival in Rojava

The article is a first-person dispatch from Rojava, a Kurdish-majority region in northeastern Syria, where the author meets artists and fighters living and working on the front lines against jihadist groups. It focuses on artist Diyar Hesso, who has exchanged his camera for a rifle, and YPJ fighter Hevi, who articulates the necessity of armed self-defense for women facing a genocidal enemy. Their stories illustrate the impossible choice between artistic creation and survival in a war zone.

Actor-Painter Park Shin-yang Breaks Fourth Wall in Solo Exhibition

Renowned South Korean actor Park Shin-yang has launched a solo exhibition titled 'The Fourth Wall' at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul. The show features a unique performative element where fifteen clowns roam the gallery, acting as surreal extensions of the canvases to bridge the gap between the artist and the public. Park, known for his roles in 'Lovers in Paris,' presents a diverse body of work including paintings of donkeys and bullfighters that symbolize the burdens of life and the struggle for creative expression.