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Game of Thrones tapestry exhibition draws huge crowds in France

The tapestry was made with the same material used to make the costumes for the show.

17/09/2019

China

Watch: Toymaker documents Hong Kong protests in miniature

With their gas masks and yellow raincoats they look like the average Hong Kong protester – just one-20th the size. The designer has also built miniature road blocks and tear gas canisters.

16/09/2019

Italy

Clinton warns of 'Russian interference' on email leak art show visit

The exhibition features print-outs of the leaked private messages sent and received by Clinton which became the subject of an FBI investigation in 2016.

13/09/2019

Cult

Jodorowski's latest documentary explores 'psychomagic' and healing

The avant-garde film maker has developed an alternative form of healing by freeing the subconscious through his art.

12/09/2019

Lithuania

Watch: Statue of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen unveiled in Vilnius

Both of Cohen's grandfathers hailed from Lithuania, but he never visited the country himself. Statues of Frank Zappa and John Lennon, neither of whom have ties to the country, are also a big tourist draw in Lithuania.

11/09/2019

Ukraine

Ivan the Terrible painting believed stolen during WWII found in US

"Secret Departure of Ivan the Terrible Before the Oprichnina" by Mikhail N. Panin and depicting the famous 16th-century Russian czar went missing from the Dnipropetrovsk Art Museum in Ukraine during World War II.

10/09/2019

Austria

Watch: Art installation transforms Austrian soccer stadium into forest

The 300 trees, set up by a Swiss artist, are intended to contribute to discussions about climate change. The idea that we might one day end up with 'nature zoos', which inspired this installation, was first suggested in 1970.

06/09/2019

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06/09/2019

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Art installation transforms Austrian soccer stadium into forest of 300

Art installation transforms Austrian soccer stadium into forest of 300 trees

05/09/2019

United Kingdom

Ed Sheeran showcase opens in musician's home county of Suffolk

An exhibition documenting British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran's rise to fame has opened near where he grew up in Suffolk, England.

21/08/2019

Venezuela

Watch: Caracas artists reclaim slum spaces from poverty and propaganda

Artist Fabian Solymar also wants to highlight the positive aspects of a neighbourhood better known for its homicide rate

21/08/2019

Afghanistan

Watch: Kabul museum restores art shattered by Taliban

In 2001, Taliban fighters smashed more than 2,500 figurines they judged to be "un-Islamic". Museum staff are now creating a digital record of the collection in case of further threat.

20/08/2019

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Giant sand sculptures bring fairy tales to life

The International Sand Sculpture Festival has opened in Ashkelon, Southern Israel to an excited public in spite of recent unrest in the region.

19/08/2019

Russia

Watch: Street festival sees creativity with cardboard in Russia

More than 30 theatrical troupes, dance groups and street artists took part in the celebrations, ensuring the audience wasn't card-bored!

19/08/2019

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Lenin: The reimagining of a Russian revolutionary

An exhibition in Russia shows how local artists are grappling with Lenin's legacy of political repression and mass killings.

16/08/2019

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16/08/2019

Senegal

Watch: Bicycles, art and the cycle of life

"With some bikes, including the luggage carrier and everything you can find 2,000 pieces and none of them work without the other. There is a union, a solidarity, they are together, they are soldered together," he feels.

15/08/2019

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Senegalese sculptor turns discarded bikes into pieces of art

Meissa Fall from Saint Louis, Senegal, recycles abandoned bicycles, using every part to create sculptures effectively extending their usefulness into perpetuity.

14/08/2019

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Hair today, gone tomorrow: stylist creates portraits with cuttings

North Macedonian hairdresser Svetlana Grozdanovska's creations are a cut above the rest.

14/08/2019

Belgium

Watch: 'World's biggest sculpture' installed in Belgium

The sculpture is made from 200 tonnes of steel and was set in 2,800 tonnes of concrete.

14/08/2019