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Iran

The Iranian teenager telling the story of Tehran through its metro

Hannaneh Heydari, 19, sees the metro as a “mirror of the Tehran metropolis”. Her distinct photographs seek to tell the city’s story.

Living

The man behind these astounding pastries

Our interview with Cédric Grolet crowned best pastry chef by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards

United Kingdom

Giant moon disappears en route to Austria

A British artist has launched a social media campaign to find his 7-metre replica of the moon, which disappeared in the post.

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From marshmallow pool to ice cream land: Lisbon museum keeps millennials sweet

An unusual pop-up museum in Lisbon is delighting social media-focused visitors with colourful and dreamy displays of giant ice-creams and all thing sweet.

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World

How local artists are decorating Facebook’s walls

With more than 27,000 employees and 55 offices worldwide, Facebook is constantly seeking emerging artists to decorate its walls and office furnishings.

Living

Sitting down with the world's best French contemporary artist

Richard Orlinski talked to Living it about humanity, contemporary art and Lewis Hamilton.

Culture Series

Photographer Imogen Forte's love for unrepressed movement

Born and raised in busy London, Forte's natural curiosity for the human experience is very present in her work. She likes to document private emotions in public spaces, portraying colourful but honest pictures.

Living

Interview with Joana Vasconcelos in Bilbao

We meet Portuguese contemporary artist Joana Vasconcelos for the opening of her retrospective “I’m your Mirror” at Bilbao’s Guggenheim Museum

Cult

Michael Jackson art exhibition to thrill fans

New London art exhibition explores Michael Jackson as artists' inspiration.

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St. Petersburg exhibition paints World Cup players 'like the gods'

Footballers are often compared to gods — but one exhibition in St Petersburg is taking it a step further.

Spain

A second art restoration fails to impress public opinion

Second ancient effigy falls prey to a well-intentioned restorer in Spain.

Living

Inside the Royal Academy of Arts grand refurbishment

The Royal Academy of Arts unveiled its highly-anticipated refurbishment last month, and according to the President, Christopher le Brun, everyone is welcome

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Christo's first major outdoor artwork in UK floats on London lake

A 20-meter (22-yard) high sculpture of an ancient Egyptian tomb, made from 7,506 red, white and mauve barrels, has taken temporary residence amid the aquatic wildlife on a lake in London's Hyde Park.

Living

Steady hands required: Japanese artist creates the tiniest sculptures

Kakuho Fujii's passion is to create tiny figures.

Cult

New perspective on Mexican artist Frida Kahlo

The exhibition at London's Victoria and Albert Museum is called "Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up"

France

Vase found in a shoebox sells for €16 million

An 18th Century vase discovered in an attic has fetched €16.2 million at an auction in France.

Netherlands

Giant poo sculptures prove 'contemporary art is not s***'

Rotterdam's Museum Boijmans van Beuningen is displaying four giant sculptures of excrement by art collective Gelatin.

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Statuette of new Italian PM Conte made in Naples

Italy's new prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, has joined the long list of political figures from around the globe to be made into statuettes by Neapolitan artisans to be used in unusual nativity scenes.

World News

MAXXI Bulgari Art prize exhibition opens

The work of the three finalists in the MAXXI Bulgari Art prize will go on display in Rome on Friday.

Switzerland

'Swiss Banksy' settles 40-year dispute with Zurich

Swiss artist Harald Naegeli, known as the "sprayer of Zurich", has ended a long-standing dispute with Zurich city council.