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Turkey

Turkish 'Microangelo' tells tales on tiny objects

Italy

Street artist turns tree stumps into work of art

After the council's chainsaws, Andrea Gandini moves in with his chisel.

France

15,000-year-old mammoth skeleton heads for auction

'Exceptional specimen' comes armed with 3-metre-long tusks

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World's largest mosaic underway in Italy

Born of a desire to decorate an ordinary 1960s church, artists in this tiny Italian village are making the world's largest mosaic.

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Germany

Activists build Holocaust memorial replica outside German far-right politician’s home

Björn Höcke, a German far-right politician, has described the Berlin memorial as "a monument of shame"

Cult

Bruno Mars dominates the 2017 American Music Awards

Fans also vote to honour Keith Urban, Diana Ross, and Lady Gaga at the 43rd American Music Awards.

France

Rare Tintin work fetches over half a million euros

Rare Tintin work fetches 505,000 euros at auction.

Spain

Gaudi's first project opens to the public as a museum

The first project of renowned Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi, Casa Vicens, has opened to the public as a museum.

USA

Salvator Mundi: stunning backstory of Leonardo's long-lost masterpiece

There are many Salavator Mundis.

USA

Listed: the world’s most-expensive paintings sold at auction

What other works of art have collectors paid millions of euros for?

USA

Da Vinci painting sells for world record $450m

The price for Da Vinci's portrait of Christ was more than double the previous record.

Living

Inside Pussy Riot

Opening of “Art Riot: post soviet actionism” new exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London

USA

Leonardo DiCaprio makes surprise appearance to view da Vinci painting

The actor features in a project designed to show the significance of da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi painting by filming the public's reactions to it.

United Arab Emirates

Sold out opening day for the Louvre Abu Dhabi

The opening day of the Louvre Abu Dhabi was sold out as visitors flocked to see over 900 works of art housed under its honeycombed dome.

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi celebrates the opening of the Louvre museum

French President Emmanuel Macron was the guest of honour at the event

USA

Artist comes up with original product for Louis Vuitton brand

Illma Gora knows how to transform anything into art

United Arab Emirates

French president opens Louvre Abu Dhabi

French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte joined Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince and Dubai's ruler at the official opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

France

Pissarro returned to French Jewish art collector's family

A painting by French impressionist Camille Pissarro, that was looted by the Nazis during World War Two has been restored to the French Jewish family who once owned it.

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Exhibition brings Van Gogh to life

There are paintings by Vincent Van Gogh, but this is no ordinary exhibition. Visitors to Van Gogh Alive in Athens are surrounded by a symphony of light, colour and sound.

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Can art

A design competition with a difference is hoping to feed over one million hungry New Yorkers in a creative way during America's Thanksgiving season.