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Italy

Turin lights up for Christmas with annual art installations

Since 1998 the Italian city has turned into an open-air art gallery during Luci d’artista (Artists’ Lights).

United Kingdom

Photos released claiming to capture secretive artist Banksy

Photos purportedly showing the anonymous artist Banksy at work have been released.

France

Long-lost Cimabue masterpiece found hanging in kitchen sells for €24m

The painting "Christ Mocked", a long-lost masterpiece by Florentine Renaissance artist Cimabue, was found hanging in a woman's kitchen above her cooker.

Denmark

Watch: See the world's longest sand sculpture on Denmark's west coast

Created by 40 artists from around the world, it is 200m long, 7m high and took 10 days to make.

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Living

David Hockney teams with Indigenous American artists

It highlights how the Yosemite Valley has inspired artists of different eras, genres and backgrounds.

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Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival draws thousands to coastal town in US

The festival features a pumpkin parade with a marching band, floats, a pie-eating contest and pumpkin carving masterpieces on display

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Hundreds of colourful kites perk up skies above Malta's Gozo

The three-day festival included a competition for international teams of professional kite masters

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Oil on canvas: Semi-naked climate activists protest BP art sponsorship

Three semi-naked climate activists were doused with mock crude oil in a protest against arts sponsorship by BP at the National Portrait Gallery

France

New immersive exhibit places viewers at heart of Picasso's paintings

"A poetic, plastic, generous, voyage where visitors take pleasure in seeing the works through a new lens" is how the installation creators described the new exhibit.

World

Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef: “Nobody should be above satire”

Since he burst upon the comedic scene in Egypt back in 2011, political satirist, author and stand-up star Bassem Youssef, has been endlessly compared to The Daily Show’s former host, John Stewart.

World

Picture power: Middle East photographers focus on people behind the news

Capturing someone’s life story in a single moment is what Oslo-based photographer Afshin Ismaeli does for a living.

Living

Ghost-like tree sculpture reminds us of the reality of deforestation

British artist Lauren Baker exhibits ‘An Open Dialogue with Nature’ at the Other Art Fair in London.

Living

Environmental Photographer of the Year shows impact of climate change

These photographers are showing stories of places and people changed by the impact of human actions.

Germany

Watch: Trailblazing female artists celebrated in Berlin exhibition

Germany's National Gallery is celebrating 100 years since women were admitted to the Berlin Academy of Arts. An exhibition is being held of works by female artists who defied the odds to produce art in the years before this.

Europe News

30 years on Belgian Comic Strip museum proves cartoons are timeless

Celebrating its 30th birthday in the home of cartoons, the Belgian Comic Strip museum has made its mark on the cultural landscape.

Austria

Vienna opens its first 'made for Instagram' selfie museum

Attendees are invited to take selfies in 24 interactive installations inside the museum, which opens on Friday.

United Kingdom

Banksy artwork depicting chimps as MPs sells for £9.8 million

A large Banksy painting depicting primates sitting in Britain's parliament sold for more than £9.8 million on Thursday.

Cult

Azerbaijan's Nasimi Festival is a melting pot of Poetry Arts and Spiri

In partnership with The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Kicking off in Baku, the multi-disciplinary festival bears the name of Imadeddin Nasimi a great 14 century poet and thinkers.

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Influenced by Bauhaus, Frieze artists dream of utopia

Influenced by Bauhaus, contemporary artists at Frieze London are dreaming of a utopian future. The annual art bonanza is marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus school in Weimar, Germany.

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UK artists imagine post-Brexit world

10 artists have exhibited works imagining Britain's post Brexit future.