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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

Earth News

London Design Festival: the sustainability events you can't miss

This year the festival will feature a strong focus on the potential for design to help solve current global concerns around biodiversity, sustainability, and the crisis of single use plastics.

14/08/2019

Earth News

What the Venice Biennale can teach us about climate change

Venice Biennale: A 360 experience for all the senses

11/08/2019

Earth News

A Wildlife Photographer shows us the personality and plight of animals

Graeme Purdy explains to us how he's spent years capturing wildlife but in his latest project, from only eight feet away.

10/08/2019

World

How is the Beitedinne Art Festival bringing tradition and youth culture together?

The Beiteddine Art Festival is one of the most prestigious annual music festivals in the Middle East.

09/08/2019

World

Jordanian community rallies to support local theatre to promote the arts in Amman

A passion for the performing arts, and a desire to bolster his country’s cultural scene, saw Dr. Abdelsalam Qubailat set up the Al Shams Theatre in Amman three years ago.

09/08/2019

Earth News

Watch | Pop up sculpture exhibit pays tribute to endangered species

A series of temporary sand sculptures are aiming to highlight the short time left to save endangered animals.

25/07/2019

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Performers on horseback surprise passengers at Paris train station

Theatre of Centaur members on horseback riding around Paris Gare de L'Est train station for art performance

22/07/2019

Cult

Germany returns painting stolen by the Nazis to the Uffizi Gallery

'Vase of Flowers' by the Dutch master Jan van Huysum has been returned to Italy after being stolen by German soldiers in 1943.

20/07/2019

World

North Africa’s first tattoo school revives an old tradition in Tunisia

The National School of Tattooing, which opened its doors in Tunisia in January, is the only one of its kind in North Africa.

19/07/2019