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Seeing red, sculptor of NYC's famous bull says "Fearless Girl" tramples his rights

The sculptor of Manhattan's famous "Charging Bull" says New York City infringed on his rights in allowing the smaller "Fearless Girl" statue.

United Kingdom

Repair work underway on London's iconic Big Ben tower

The refurbishment of Big Ben’s tower is underway and set to last for three years – its biggest repair job for over three decades.

Greece

Documenta 14 set to open outside Germany for first time

It's the first time Documenta will open outside Germany. Athens is preparing to host the 14th edition of the modern art exhibition.

United Kingdom

'The art of the selfie': UK gallery celebrates self-portraits through the ages

For hundreds of years we have been doing it – turning our own image into art.

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France

French performance artist attempts egg hatching

Hatching eggs can be a difficult process especially if you are not a bird… but that’s not putting off French performance artist Abraham Poincheval.

United Kingdom

The changing faces of Northern Ireland's murals

In Northern Ireland, politics and art have long made for natural bedfellows.

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Unique talent saves Pigcasso from the slaughterhouse

Pigcasso was originally bred to be slaughtered at a pig farm but was rescued at just four weeks old by Joanne Lefson, who was upset by the squalid conditions she was kept…

Italy

Unfinished Da Vinci masterpiece returned to Florence

Leonardo da Vinci’s unfinished masterpiece, ‘Adoration of the Magi’, has been returned to Florence’s Uffizi Gallery, where it will be on display until September…

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The State Museum of Arts in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

In Postcards from Uzbekistan this week we visit the State Museum of Arts in the capital Tashkent.

France

100 years of Rodin

The french artist is known as the man who brought sculpture to life

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Ai Weiwei is installing in Prague a giant refugee boat

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is installing in Prague his so far biggest artwork, refugee boat

United Kingdom

[In pictures] Creative selfies light up Saatchi Gallery contest

Europeans have captured their creative side by turning their cameras on themselves for a special selfie contest.

USA

On International Women's Day, a bronzed girl defies Wall Street bull

A Wall Street company installed a bronze statuette of a primary-school aged girl defiantly facing New York City's famous bull monument

Cult

Trauma in art by Yayoi Kusama and Louise Bourgeois

Two iconic female artists and how they turned their traumas in to art can be seen in an exhibition in London.

Cult

The Best of Arts and Culture in Europe and in the World

Art Fair Art Paris Art Fair brings together 139 galleries from 29 countries at the Grand Palais in Paris.

United Arab Emirates

Social media goes "Gigi" for Hadid cover on Vogue Arabia

American lifestyle and fashion magazine Vogue this week launched its first-ever Arabic issue and fashion supermodel Gigi Hadid features on its cover

Cult

Landmark exhibition of the major works of the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer at the Louvre

A landmark exhibition of the major works of the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer has opened.

Cult

The Best of Arts and Culture in Europe and the world

From Italy to Indonesia, here’s our special selection of some of the finest arts and cultural shows now.

France

One hard act to follow - French artist Abraham Poincheval entombed in a rock for a week

You may think it is a cracking story, or the man at the centre of it is just cracked, but it is definitely one hard act to follow.

Cult

Beauty from bombs - An Iraqi artist makes the most of the detritus of war

Iraq is a vast graveyard for spent munitions and abandoned military hardware. Now one Iraqi artist is making art from the debris of war.