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Future Library: connecting literature, art and the environment

Just outside Oslo, a forest is being grown from scratch for this purpose.

Switzerland

Watch: Art Basel opens with Picasso painting on sale for €28 million

While stock markets have slowed globally, the ultra-high end of the art market has grown to €59 billion.

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Exhibition's tribute to human rights activists killed in Colombia

The artist Doris Salcedo directed an exhibition of public art in Bogotá in tribute to dozens of human rights leaders killed in Colombia after the signing of the peace agreement.

Living

What Gerhard Richter's Seascapes can teach us about our oceans

In light of 2019's World Oceans Day we checked out Gerhard Richter's Seascapes exhibit at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

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United Kingdom

Meet the robot artist set for her first solo exhibition in the UK

Meet the robot artist set for her first solo exhibition in the UK

Living

Nikola-Lenivets: A Russian country park where art and nature entwine

A village in the Kaluga Region is one of the last places you'd expect to find Europe's largest landscape park filled with contemporary art.

Uzbekistan

Watch: 13 artists in Samarkand immortalise cultural sites in drawings

Thirteen artists from all over central Asia have met in Uzbekistan's Samarkand, one of the continent's most ancient cities, for an ambitious project immortalising centuries of cultural heritage in artworks.

Living

Mural of climate change activist Greta Thunberg appears in Bristol, UK

A large-scale artwork has been painted in south-west England to pay tribute to the extraordinary teen activist.

Green News

What's on in June? An agenda of cultural events across Europe

Find out about some intriguing events happening in June and why they promote environmental credentials.

Living

Meet the artist who created an air quality tasting menu

Michael Pinsky asks questions about how we pollute and litter our cities and draws attention to the beauty and tragedy of our world.

Italy

Watch: Guerrilla artist 'Banksy' sets up stall outside Venice Biennale

"Banksy" sets up oil paintings creating an image of a giant cruise ship in the city's canal with a sign reading "Venice in oil".

Living

When art is a force for good

The exhibitions and documentaries on climate change to have on your radar this month.

Green News

#GoodReads | Secret to Scandinavian happiness, wildlife + vegan cheese

Our recommended reads of the week from around the web. From nature tips in Scandinavia to the best vegan cheese and underwater coral gardening.

France

Social media pays tribute to Louvre pyramid architect who died age 102

The museum's president, Jean-Luc Martinez, expressed his sadness at the passing of Ieoh Ming Pei.

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Jeff Koons 'Rabbit' sculpture sets €81.4 million record at sale

The sculpture titled "Rabbit" by American pop artist Jeff Koons sold for $91.1 million (€81.4 million) in New York, a record price for a work by a living artist.

USA

Monet's 'Meules' painting sells for record-breaking nearly €1 million

Monet's oil canvas "Meules" sold at the Sotheby's Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale for around €98,881,566.

Italy

Watch: Spot the artist in Milan exhibition by the Invisible Man

Photographs by an artist renowned for disappearing into his artworks have gone on display. Chinese performance artist Liu Bolin, known as the Invisible Man, began this series in 2005.

Portugal

Watch: Puppets take over Lisbon for FIMFA festival

The International Festival of Puppets and Animated Forms has returned for its 19th year. Artists from Denmark to Mozambique, Iran to France, will show works on themes of identity and freedom.

Italy

Watch: Alpine festival shines a light on climate change

Mountain water melting from glaciers is crucial to the areas's ecosytem but is now in jeopardy.

World News

72nd Cannes Film Festival poster honours late Agnes Varda

The official poster for the 72nd Cannes Film Festival honours late French filmmaker Agnes Varda who passed away this March.