Kosmos

British photographer Reuben Wu isn’t interested in realist images; he wants to photograph landscapes as though they were unexplored territory. To do so, he attaches spotlights to a drone and uses a long exposure to create surreal effects.

reubenwu.com

Travel broadens the mind. Particularly if we pass the time at airports, on airplanes or in taxis with fascinating culture podcast.

Living in Sweden

Billy bookcases and cinnamon buns? Certainly not. The German-language podcast “Läget” goes far beyond the usual clichés.

facebook.com/laeget.podcast

All about Asia

Who where the Samurai again? How did the Nüshu script come about? What was the first Japanese manga? “History ofJapan” and “China History Podcast” are top infotainment.

recordedhistory.net / china-history.net / isaacmeyer.net

Tit for tat

“Americana für euch” explains the finer points of U.S. culture in German. Alternatively, check out the “History of Germany Podcast” in English.

podcastnik.com

Grand Canyon National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with some six million annual visitors, turns 100 this year. Its official celebration on February 26 will also recognize Native American cultural links to the spectacular gorge on the Colorado River.

Beware, this exhibition could set your head spinning! Op Art in Focus, showing at the Tate Liverpool through July 5, includes exhibits by 1960s pioneers of the genre whose brightly colored patterns surprise and bewilder.

tate.org.uk