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Culture news

Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter goes classic for first solo album

Former Daft Punk member Thomas Bangalter has released his first solo album – and it’s quite the musical pivot. We give our verdict…

11 April 2023

Culture news

Artemisia Gentileschi's baroque nude portrait to be digitally unveiled

High-tech digital detective work combined with good fortune and lots of patience will help restorers to uncover a major work by Artemisia Gentileschi, the most prominent woman in the history of Italian art.

15 November 2022

Art

Italy thwarts illegal auction abroad of Baroque painting

Carabinieri police said that art merchants had allegedly described the work as being painted by a follower of Gentileschi, and not the artist herself, to fraudulently obtain export permission from Italian authorities.

21 July 2022

Destinations

Could this be Europe’s most beautiful digital nomad hub?

Digital nomads in Lithuania can take their remote office to the next level by relocating to the country’s biggest working monastery.

25 May 2022