Culture news

Berlin's new culture budget more than double England's arts spending

Last week Berlin’s Senator for Culture announced a massive amount of funding for the art institutions in Germany's capital, putting the city’s financial support to culture in stark contrast with the UK.

25/07/2023

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Watch: Eva Fabregas collection in Berlin

The exhibition 'Eva Fabregas. Devouring Lovers' opens to the public on 6 July and runs through 7 January, 2024.

05/07/2023

Europe Decoded

MEPs call for revamp of artists’ rights across EU and AI protection

The European Union should do more to mitigate the "very irregular" employment situation" and the challenges posed by AI and digitalisation that artists and other professionals in the creative sector face, lawmakers have demanded.

01/07/2023

Culture news

The Loo Gardens: A new art installation in London's sewers

50m underground, we visit the Loo Gardens, a new art installation celebrating the benefits to the environment the new "super sewer" will bring to London's Thames river.

30/06/2023

Culture news

London's National Portrait Gallery reopens after 3-year renovation

London’s National Portrait Gallery reopens today to the public, after the Princess of Wales officially was invited to unveil its latest commission by Tracey Emin.

22/06/2023

My Europe Series

Here's how culture is used to treat mental health issues in Europe

Two decades’ worth of research and a pandemic have led to a boom in programmes using culture for its health benefits.

22/06/2023

Culture news

French actor Gérard Depardieu to auction art collection

The 74-year-old Golden Globe winner is facing a spate of sexual violence allegations dating back two decades. Collection includes works by Rodin, Duchamp and Germaine Richier

16/06/2023

Culture Series

Photographer Marta Syrko's intimate portraits of Ukrainian soldiers

The 28-year-old photographer from Lviv wants to change perceptions about disabled people in Ukraine. Her "Sculpture series" shows soldiers in a new light.

26/05/2023

Destinations

How to see Florence's 10 million tile mosaic up close

The Florence Baptistery’s mosaics are being restored. Here’s how you can see them up close.

10/02/2023

Denmark

Copenhagen Light Show brightens winter nights

Copenhagen's three-week light festival attracts artists from all over the world. Installations and pop-up shows are created throughout the Danish capital.

06/02/2023

Creators

Meet the origami artist who folds paper into stunning works of art

From plain bits of paper to incredible works of art - Polly Verity is an imaginative origami artist who's pioneered a process through which she can bring to life everyday objects. Meet the origami artist who can fold a sheet of paper

03/02/2023

Culture news

Spanish museum returns paintings plundered by Nazi forces to Poland

Poland saw much of its cultural patrimony destroyed or looted during the country’s wartime occupation by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. Approximately 500,000 items are still missing.

27/01/2023

Culture news

Artist Sacha Jafri on how to link humanity, charity and Rolls-Royces

"My work is quite average, when it's not linked to humanity." Sacha Jafri explains the meaning behind his collaboration with the luxury car manufacturer.

09/01/2023

Cult

Rendez-vous: The Best of Culture and Arts in Europe

Euronews explores three exhibitions this week, 'Monet-Mitchell' at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, 'Sorolla. Orígenes' in Madrid and 'Surrealism and Magic: Enchanted modernity' at the Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany.

30/12/2022

Cult

How a light installation is uniting communities in Lyon

Scottish artist Craig Morrison collaborates with three cities across Europe and young migrants to create the stunning 'Beacon of Light' sculpture, a project with community and sustainability at its core.

09/12/2022

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Hyper-realistic sculptors of swimmers on display at Miami's art week

For a limited time, visitors will be able to see hyper-realistic sculptors of swimmers at Miami's art week.

02/12/2022

Culture news

UK opera funding cuts create an "impossible future for the arts"

Accusations of elitism, forced moves across the country and budgets slashed. This is the reality of opera houses trying to survive under the latest rounds of government funding in the UK.

25/11/2022

Cult

Rendez-vous: The best of culture in Europe

At exhibitions in Vienna, Madrid, or Paris discover works by Renaissance artists, creations by Rosa Bonheur and explore our relation to animals

18/11/2022

World News

Rendez-vous: The best of culture and arts in Europe

At the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, a retrospective of an artist who was close to Picasso. In Madrid, an imersive Picasso show in total darkness and in Milan, five exceptional paintings by Flemish painter Hieronymus Bosch.

11/11/2022

Creators

This artist draws stunning photorealism with an ordinary ballpoint pen

Artist James Mylne spends hundreds of hours on each of his drawings. His preferred tool is a standard Bic ballpoint pen, leaving no room for mistakes, slips or smudges.

20/10/2022