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The world's tallest bottle cap mural completed in El Salvador

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Vhils in view: Portugal celebrates 20-years of pioneering urban artist

For years, Vhils has been pushing the boundaries of graffiti and urban art by constantly changing his approach and using different techniques and materials. Now some of the Portuguese artist's most famous works are part of the Selected Editions 2008-2024 exhibition at Lisbon's MUDE Design Museum.

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Cecilia Giménez, the painter who 'botched' the Ecce Homo dies aged 94

The Borja resident, who rose to fame in 2012 for her widely mocked restoration of Elías García Martínez's fresco 'Ecco Homo', has died at the age of 94.

Italy

Woman crashes stolen boat into Venice's historic Rialto Bridge

An Italian woman stole a delivery boat in Venice and crashed it into the 16th-century Rialto Bridge on Thursday, damaging the stone balustrade and sending parcels into the Grand Canal.

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12 Magnum photographers get 'up close and personal' in Berlin expo

The Magnum photo agency is showing exclusively the work of 12 women photographers at C/O Berlin's Amerika Haus which asks visitors to decide if the artists are "close enough".

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'The beauty of the world': Ukraine art revives Lisbon's Star Basilica

'The Beauty is a Choice' is the title of an exhibition by a Ukrainian refugee artist that is transforming a wing of Lisbon's Estrela Basilica, which has been closed for around 40 years.

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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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Clean Houses: What if having a maid clashed with being a feminist?

In her second novel, the Spanish writer María Agúndez raises the issues surrounding a profession that is still taboo in a society that is perhaps not as advanced as it likes to think.

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Photographer Luiz Carvalho revisits Portugal’s post-revolution years

As part of the "50DE25" exhibition at the Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes in Lisbon, Luiz Carvalho, one of the biggest names in Portuguese photojournalism, tells Euronews Culture discusses the stories behind some of his favourite pictures.

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Santorini’s Archaeological Museum reopens after major €750k renovation

The renovated Archaeological Museum of Thera opens with the acclaimed exhibition 'Cycladic Women: Unknown Stories', previously shown at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens.

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Failed art restorations: intention is not the only thing that counts

Preserving cultural heritage in order to transmit its value to new generations should be a priority. But the process can get complicated when current views end up sweeping away the past.

Design

Gaudí's best-kept secret revealed in Casa Batlló restauration

More than a century after its construction, Casa Batlló has completed one of its most ambitious restorations, bringing back to light the original design that Antoni Gaudí conceived for the Batlló family in 1906.

Cinema

Feliz Navidad! Our top ten Spanish films to watch at Christmas

From sixties classics to blockbusters from the last decade or rom-coms, Euronews Culture brings you the definitive list of the best Spanish titles to enjoy at this time of year.

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Italian authorities smash massive €200 million art forgery network

One of the biggest networks of art forgers copying works by Warhol, Banksy and Picasso has been broken up by the Italian authorities.

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A family hangs a Picasso painting for 50 years without knowing it

For more than 50 years, a family in Pompeii kept a real treasure inside their home without having any idea about its worth. The canvas, found in the 1960s by a junk dealer, hung in their living room before they discovered it was a masterpiece by Picasso, now valued at 6 million euros.

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Book of Mormon reopens for a second run in Spanish capital

Lots of laughs, good catchy music and a strong critique of serious problems laced with doses of dark humour, ‘The Book of Mormon’ is a musical revelation that has conquered audiences in Madrid, the world's third biggest stage for musical theatre.