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Good news Friday!

Here's a roundup of some of the brightest stories from the week to cheer up your Friday:

25/05/2018

Cult

A new exhibition in Paris

Despite spending more than 60 years painting in Paris, and considered by her home country as one of the greatest artists of her time, American Mary Cassatt has received little attention from the French art world. A new exhibition in Paris hopes to change this ...

22/05/2018

Cult

Tbilisi's first ever international art exhibition

Tbilisi art fair has 300 pieces of work from 30 galleries and 40 artisans from around the world and locally

21/05/2018

Inspire Africa

Inspire Africa: Promoting a fabulous Africa

The days the world was told that Africa was a land marred with misery and violence may not be over, but that narrative surely is not the only one anymore.

18/05/2018

Cult

Newly discovered Rembrandt portrait on display

Bought for under 200,000 euros, the portrait is now thought to be worth millions

17/05/2018

USA

Teen trains artificial intelligence to paint nude portraits — with surreal results

An American teenager has trained artificial intelligence (AI) to paint nude portraits, and tells Euronews he couldn’t be happier with the “strange and surreal” results.

15/05/2018

USA

Modigliani nude fetches $157.2 million at Sotheby's auction

The painting gave Sotheby’s its highest price yet.

15/05/2018

France

French locals in uproar over famous fort’s controversial circles

At first glance the yellow strips on a famous French fort look fake. But they're very much real and some locals are upset.

11/05/2018

France

Paris museum opens its doors to nudists

Naturists described the development as a breakthrough in one of the world's cultural capitals

06/05/2018

France

French Étienne Terrus museum discovers over half collection is fake

A French museum dedicated to painter Etienne Terrus has discovered around 82 articles in its collection are fakes.

28/04/2018

No Comment

Lawyer turned Lego artist builds superheroes out of more than 2 million bricks

Tired of Wall Street, American lawyer Nathan Sawaya turned to lego and built a new life as an artist.

26/04/2018

Belgium

Thieves escape with €2.2m gold artwork after 220kph chase

Thieves smashed into gallery before fleeing with police in chase.

26/04/2018

Living

Rodin and the art of ancient Greece

A new exhibition of Auguste Rodin's sculptures places the French artist's work alongside the Athenian marbles which inspired them.

25/04/2018

Living

SaloneSatellite: the unmissable appointment for young designers

The SaloneSatellite could be said to be the greatest acceleration initiative there is for promising and young design. It is a door into the future and a revelation of the shape that design will take in the forthcoming years.

24/04/2018

Cult

World's first exhibition dedicated to motorbike customisation opens in Los Angeles

Peterson Automotive Museum hosts exhibition featuring dozens of hand crafted morotorycles

17/04/2018

Living

Artworks exploring man’s role in the universe

Fondation Louis Vuitton's new exhibition features artworks by Murakami, Matisse, Cattelan and more.

13/04/2018

France

Here's what you should do if you see Islamophobia, says Parisian artist

Would you know what to do faced with Islamophobia? French artist Maeril has created a cartoon advising bystanders how to ignore harassment into insignificance.

13/04/2018

Living

Royalty made of nuts

Ohio-based artist Steve Casino has created tiny replicas of the royals using nuts.

13/04/2018

Italy

New exhibition marks 250th anniversary since the death of Venetian artist Canaletto

68 of the artist's works are on show in Rome from museums around the world

11/04/2018

Cult

New Monet exhibition in London explores the use of buildings in his work

The impressionist painter is best known for his landscapes especially in his native France

10/04/2018