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USA

Sold! Basquiat 'skull' canvas goes for 84 million euros at 'electrifying' auction

A painting by US artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has become the sixth most expensive canvas ever sold at auction.

19/05/2017

USA

How Jean-Michel Basquiat went from misfit to America's most expensive artist

A painting by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat sold for more than $100 million becoming the sixth most expensive canvas ever sold at auction.

19/05/2017

Romania

Abandon all good taste, ye who enter the Romanian Museum of Kitsch!

In the old historical centre of the Romanian capital, Bucharest, there is a new tourist attraction: the Romanian Kitsch Museum.

16/05/2017

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Dead whale sculpture raises awareness on plastic waste

Greenpeace Philippines made this 50-foot-long sculpture of a dead whale, made out of plastic waste.

13/05/2017

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Brazil: Artists against budget cuts

Dozens of dancers, singers and musicians performed before a crowd outside the Municipal Theatre in Rio de Janeiro to protest budget cuts and delayed payments.

10/05/2017

Living

Duke + Dexter loafers meet Daniel Cordas

You may have spotted them on celebrities like Ryan Reynolds, Poppy Delevingne, Justin Timberlake, Eddie Redmayne and more.

02/05/2017

United Kingdom

Paper trail of 1917 Russian Revolution on display in London

Intriguing insights into Russia’s 1917 Revolution are on display in a new exhibition at the British Library.

29/04/2017

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Body artist inspired by Israel's iconic sites

The iconic Tower of David in Jerusalem’s Old City is getting a splash of colour.

29/04/2017

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Cuban street art

The finely-painted black and white portraits of pensive children started appearing on walls around a suburban neighbourhood of Havana two years ago, contrasting with its colourful decay and Caribbean

22/04/2017

USA

Seeing red, sculptor of NYC's famous bull says "Fearless Girl" tramples his rights

The sculptor of Manhattan's famous "Charging Bull" says New York City infringed on his rights in allowing the smaller "Fearless Girl" statue.

12/04/2017

United Kingdom

Repair work underway on London's iconic Big Ben tower

The refurbishment of Big Ben’s tower is underway and set to last for three years – its biggest repair job for over three decades.

08/04/2017

Greece

Documenta 14 set to open outside Germany for first time

It's the first time Documenta will open outside Germany. Athens is preparing to host the 14th edition of the modern art exhibition.

06/04/2017

United Kingdom

'The art of the selfie': UK gallery celebrates self-portraits through the ages

For hundreds of years we have been doing it – turning our own image into art.

31/03/2017

France

French performance artist attempts egg hatching

Hatching eggs can be a difficult process especially if you are not a bird… but that’s not putting off French performance artist Abraham Poincheval.

30/03/2017

United Kingdom

The changing faces of Northern Ireland's murals

In Northern Ireland, politics and art have long made for natural bedfellows.

29/03/2017

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Unique talent saves Pigcasso from the slaughterhouse

Pigcasso was originally bred to be slaughtered at a pig farm but was rescued at just four weeks old by Joanne Lefson, who was upset by the squalid conditions she was kept…

29/03/2017

Italy

Unfinished Da Vinci masterpiece returned to Florence

Leonardo da Vinci’s unfinished masterpiece, ‘Adoration of the Magi’, has been returned to Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, where it will be on display until September…

27/03/2017

Series

The State Museum of Arts in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

In Postcards from Uzbekistan this week we visit the State Museum of Arts in the capital Tashkent.

27/03/2017

France

100 years of Rodin

The french artist is known as the man who brought sculpture to life

24/03/2017

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Ai Weiwei is installing in Prague a giant refugee boat

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is installing in Prague his so far biggest artwork, refugee boat

16/03/2017