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Picture this: Trump's White House portrait gallery sparks protocol row
Donald Trump has added new features to his President Walk Of Fame portrait gallery of former leaders of the United States. But the decorative plaques in the West Wing of the White House have ripped up the rule book on protocol with language more akin to Trump's social media style.
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How a 2008 sketch became Doha’s striking new M.F Husain Museum
Doha has opened the M.F. Husain Museum, a vibrant new space based on a sketch the Indian modernist artist created in 2008. Designed by architect Martand Khosla, the museum displays six decades of Husain’s work, from early pieces to his later creations inspired by Arab civilisation.
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Louvre to hike ticket prices for non-EU visitors by 45% next year
The Louvre museum said it will raise ticket prices for visitors from outside the European Union, requiring tourists from the UK, the US and China to pay €32. The 45% increase is expected to lift annual revenue by up to €20 million to fund structural upgrades after last month’s brazen daylight theft.
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50 years of democratic transitions in Portugal and Spain on display
"Inquietude: Freedom and Democracy" is the title of the exhibition at the Casa Encendida in the Spanish capital, organised by the Montemadrid Foundation and the Commission for the Commemoration of Fifty Years of Spain in Freedom.
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'Electric Jubilee' immersive exhibition reveals Rome's hidden sounds
'Electrical Jubilee', a sensorial exhibition at Rome's Goethe-Institut seeks to reveal the hidden soundscape of the Italian capital as the Catholic Church celebrates its special year by examining the links between art, science and urban spirituality. Stefania De Michele has been listening in.
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More repair required for Columbus painting attacked at Madrid museum
The work Primer homenaje a Cristóbal Colón (First Homage to Christopher Columbus) in the Naval Museum in Madrid will need further restoration after two activists threw red paint at it last Sunday in protest against Spain's Columbus Day national celebrations.
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Two activists arrested for defacing a painting of Columbus in Madrid
Two members of Futuro Vegetal have been charged with a crime against heritage after allegedly throwing biodegradable red paint on a work by José Garnelo at Madrid's Naval Museum on Spain's National Day. The Naval Museum says the artwork has now been restored.
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Sex, skeletons and rituals: Marina Abramović’s 'Balkan Erotic Epic'
Marina Abramović turns 80 next year, and the world’s most influential performance artist is not slowing down. She brings sex, ritual, and the supernatural to the UK, in a provocative reenactment of Balkan erotic rites. 'Balkan Erotic Epic' starts in Manchester on Thursday.
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Made in Maidan: Kyiv Biennale asks can art lead a revolution?
The 6th Kyiv Biennale at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw examines the effect of war and conflict and asks how society often allows violence to go unpunished. The idea behind the exhibition was inspired by the revolutionary events in Ukraine's Maidan Square a decade ago.
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Culture Review: Ara Güler Museum seeks truth about Robert Capa
Istanbul's Ara Güler Museum, in collaboration with the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Centre in Hungary, is showing Capa's stunning work ranging from everyday life to the horrors of war, plus a selection from his time in Turkey in 1946 in the exhibition 'Truth is the Best Picture'.
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Pioneering French digital exhibition explores Titanic's historic past
A new immersive exhibition, billed as a first in France, is offering a voyage on the Titanic. The show, at La Sucrière in Lyon, has been developed by Tempora, Exhibition hub and Fever. Jean-Philippe Liabot took a trip back in time aboard the legendary liner.
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Prix Pictet 2025: Chile's Alfredo Jaar wins coveted global photo award
The Prix Pictet photography and sustainability award might be the world's only accolade where there are no real losers. However, Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar's haunting series, The End, was judged by the jury to be a 'clear warning of things to come'.
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David Bowie’s ‘Aladdin Sane’ artwork set to break auction record
The original artwork for David Bowie’s 'Aladdin Sane' could become most expensive album art ever sold at auction. The image shot by photographer Brian Duffy is estimated to fetch up to €344,000 when it goes under the hammer next month.
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Polish Artist Igor Mitoraj's 'Tindaro' sells for a record €1.6 million
One of Igor Mitoraj's most spectacular works, the monumental sculpture "Tindaro", went under the hammer this week at the Polswiss Art Auction House in Warsaw and fetched a record-breaking €1.6 million. This historic return has sparked a renewed interest in the artist and his reflective works.
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Artist Benjamin Von Wong makes plastic fantastic for climate change
Benjamin Von Wong is a Canadian artist who has been turning plastic waste into spectacular constructions with global impact for a decade. Euronews Culture spoke with the environmental activist about his fight to use recycling to bring about climate change policies.
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Banksy mural of judge beating protester erased after just 48 hours
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has taken the decision to remove a new Banksy mural due to the building being listed and therefore legally protected. However, some feel that they are “silencing a work of art about silencing protest”...
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