Culture news Australian city Sydney hosts annual arts festival Sydney is celebrating its annual arts festival. The Australian city hosts a variety of genres. Renowned Chinese artist Zhang Huan has erected two 21/01/2015
Cinema Colin Firth is the besuited gentleman spy in 'Kingsman: The Secret Service' From the stammering King George VI in ‘The King’s Speech’ to an action hero in ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’. Colin Firth is a gentleman, a veteran 21/01/2015
Culture news Handimals: Body art with an environmental twist In the hands of Italian artist Guido Daniele, body painting takes on a unique form. Using the human hand as a canvas, he creates detailed, life-like 19/01/2015
Culture news Lyon's Musée des Confluence: a journey through space and time A colossal building of glass and steel – more than a decade in the making, and nearly 300 million euros later, Lyon’s new Musée des Confluences has 12/01/2015
France The power of the pen: Cartoonists worldwide react to the Charlie Hebdo attack The attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices and the deaths of cartoonists Jean Cabut (Cabu), Georges Wolinski, Stéphane ‘Charb’ Charbonnier, Bernard 08/01/2015
USA Tributes paid after British rock singer Joe Cocker dies of cancer With a career that spanned more than 50 years, Joe Cocker was best known for a 1968 rendition of the Lennon & McCartney song 'With a Little Help From My Friends'. 23/12/2014
Switzerland Austrian singer-songwriter Udo Jürgens dies The Austrian singer-songwriter Udo Jürgens who sold more than 100 million records in career that began more fifty years ago has died in Switzerland 21/12/2014
Egypt Egypt's first tattoo expo aims to break taboos The first ever tattoo expo in Egypt and the Middle East has taken place in Cairo. The two-day exhibition and workshops brought together both local 20/12/2014
Culture news Police officers in Australia swap guns for paintbrushes Police officers in Australia have been swapping guns and handcuffs for a canvas and a paintbrush. For the fourth year running, the Wollongong Art 18/12/2014
Culture news Globe-trotting artist exhibits work in Moscow Russian artist and world-famous explorer Fyodor Konyukhov has set up camp at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art for a unique exhibition of his works 15/12/2014
Culture news Christmas at Nagytétény Castle It’s Christmas at the Castle Museum of Nagytétény, one of the finest monuments of Baroque architecture in Hungary. Every year the castle opens its 10/12/2014
Netherlands Van Gogh paintings have lost their original colours To many people, Van Gogh means light blue and soft yellow. But now scientists say he used different colours. The original colours have aged. The 07/12/2014
France Original sketch from "The Little Prince" goes under the hammer in Paris An original watercolour illustration from the children’s book “The Little Prince” is up for auction in Paris next week. The sketch from Antoine de 07/12/2014
Culture news Super rich descend on Miami Beach for Art Basel Fair The super-wealthy have descended on Miami Beach for the Art Basel fair, a spin-off of the contemporary art fair held each June in Switzerland 05/12/2014