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Bullfighting banned from Spain's €400 COVID 'culture recovery voucher'

Offering cultural opportunities to young people in this way is expected to cost the state around €190 million. But traditional bullfighting is not on the table - here's why.

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This 19th century portrait of Chopin was found at a flea market

Thrifted at a Polish flea market in the early 1990s, a peeling portrait of the virtuoso pianist has finally been restored and dated back to the 19th century.

Spain

Art and technology merge for an interactive experience of Goya

An exhibition of Goya's work aims to provide art lovers with an immersive experience which gives a deeper understanding of the artist's life

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Meet the Miami entrepreneur reimagining the future of digital art

Author and futurist Tom Goodwin is in Miami to discover what happens when emerging technologies like high-resolution screens, blockchain and NFTs collide with the world of art.

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Iraq: a musician plays music with cleaning tools as instruments

An Iraqi artist has turned his broom and trash cans into musical instruments. .

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Banksy's Balloon Girl expected to fetch over €2.5million at auction

The Bristol-born UK artist redefined our perceptions of street art in the 2000s. Christie's London auction house expect Banksy's 2005 remake of Girl With Balloon to sell for millions next week.

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Autumn in Saint Petersburg, a time to take in the diverse urban culture

In partnership with Committee for Tourism Development of Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg knows how to surprise. It’s a city of magnificent museums with streets full of atmosphere that make you feel like you can actually touch its deep and complex history.

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British Museum accepts Nigerian artist's gift but keeps looted bronzes

The British Museum has a gigantic collection of stolen artefacts from multiple continents. One Nigerian artist set out on an exchange to get theirs back.

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Brussels celebrates 75th anniversary of two of its comic book legends

The Belgium Comic Strip Centre is holding an exposition from Wednesday in honour of Blake and Mortimer.

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Danish artist protests low pay by taking €70,000 of museum's cash

The Kunsten museum in Aalborg was expecting to receive two picture frames containing the money. What they got was an empty box and a note.

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Kosovar artist makes Merkel mosaic from seeds

Kosovar artist Alkent Pozhegu is making a mosaic from seeds representing the outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Netherlands

Man jailed for stealing Van Gogh and Hals paintings from Dutch museums

The court described him as an 'incorrigible and calculating criminal.'

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Art market still kicking but NFTs are canvassing high-end support

Even traditional galleries are getting lured by the siren song of companies like Danae.io and their digital sales platforms, but how much of NFT trading is just a game for the wealthy?

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Art Basel: 270 exhibitors show Art market's resilience

This year's fair is very different to previous editions with COVID-19 certificate checks and face masks worn throughout, but galleries don't seem to mind as Sales are up.

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Aimless walks, an iPhone Pietà and a huge gargoyle: Art Basel is back

After last years online edition, Art Basel is back in the real world for September 2021. And it starts with a Parcours event.

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Morozov collection set to wow art-hungry Paris audience

Four years after the immense success of the Shchukin exhibition, the Vuitton Foundation presents another collection of masterpieces, acquired at the turn of the 19th century by two Russian brothers, the Morozovs.

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Trans-literation: meet the artist behind the gender-swap book print

Ever heard of The Merry Husbands of Windsor, The Curious Incident with the Bitch in the Night-time, and Shakespeare's Julia Caesar? You have now.

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Pablo Picasso: Nine works donated to France by daughter, Maya

At the press conference on Monday, at the Picasso Museum in Paris, only one work was shown to the press: a cubist painting from 1938 called "The child with the lollipop sitting under a chair".

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San Sebastian Film Fest: Johnny Depp & Marion Cotillard to be honoured

The 69th edition of the international film festival begins Friday with the premiere of 'La Fortuna' by Alejandro Amenabar, one of the young talents of Spanish cinema.

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Vincent van Gogh: Newly discovered drawing goes on display

The "Study for 'Worn Out'" drawing will be exhibited at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam until January 2, 2022.