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The art of business at Lyon's Docks Art Fair

Art is also business – the fifth edition of the Docks Art Fair in Lyon brought together 20 French and international galleries...

23/09/2015

France

Les Rencontres d'Arles: pictures from the edge

18/09/2015

Culture news

Photorealistic ballpoint pen art from Nigeria

Twenty-two-year old Oscar Ukonu is putting the finishing touches to his latest piece of work, a portrait of US President Barack Obama. The young

14/09/2015

World News

International landscape photo contest 2015 winners announced

More than 2,600 entrants submitted entries to the International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Organisers say the best 101 images

08/09/2015

USA

Happy Birthday Uncle Sam

07/09/2015

World News

Fashion's 'enfant terrible' Jean Paul Gaultier speaks to Euronews

07/09/2015

USA

Burning Man 2015: what we are missing, and how we can catch up

No, we are not at Burning Man, and if you’re reading this then you probably aren’t either as there’s virtually no mobile network or Internet at Black

02/09/2015

Taiwan

Boy trips, falls, and punches hole into 17th century painting

A 12-year-old boy got an unusually close look at a 17th century floral still-life when he stumbled and punched a hole into the painting, estimated to be worth 1.3 million euros.

25/08/2015

Taiwan

Boy punches hole in 17th century Italian masterpiece

25/08/2015

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Street artist Banksy opens new Dismaland theme park in England

22/08/2015

United Kingdom

Ticket misery for Banksy fans as theme park opens

The website for street artist Banksy’s ‘Dismaland’ theme park crashed as people rushed to buy tickets. Banksy’s spokeswoman said the site had

22/08/2015

United Kingdom

Banksy gives Weston-Super-Mare a day in the sun with biggest show yet

Of all the seaside pearls scattered around the English coastline designed for pleasure and family pastimes Weston-Super-Mare is something of a joke

21/08/2015

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Hidden dimensions: 3D scanner reveals the inner secrets of artworks

It has long been known that, below the surface, works of art often contain important information about how they were created. However, revealing

18/08/2015

Germany

Chinese artist and activist denied six-month visa to Britain

Dissident Chinese artist and free speech activist Ai Weiwei has arrived in the German city of Munich. Ai told reporters that his application for a

31/07/2015

Hungary

Hungary's national bank pays millions for butcher's secret art

30/07/2015

World

Pump up the volume: essence of Botero's sculptures revealed in Spoleto exhibition

He is one of Latin America’s most celebrated artists. Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero’s voluptuous figures are considered a

24/07/2015

China

Artist Ai Weiwei's confiscated passport returned after 4 years

A Chinese free speech advocate and who was held in secret detention for 81 days says that Beijing authorities have returned his passport. Ai Weiwei

22/07/2015

Culture news

Medieval artwork saved from the Nazis on show in Berlin

A unique exhibition of Medieval artworks saved from the Nazis is currently on display at the Bode Museum in Berlin. Assembled by affluent German art

20/07/2015

Egypt

Film legend Omar Sharif is laid to rest in Cairo

The funeral was held in Cairo on Sunday of Egyptian-born actor Omar Sharif. Family, friends and fellow Egyptian stars were among those paying their

12/07/2015

Culture news

Rolling Stones 'Exhibitionism' shows off in London

The Rolling Stones have compiled an exhibition looking back at a glittering career that spans five decades. The items on show include guitars, set

08/07/2015