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Art

Art Basel: 270 exhibitors show Art market's resilience

This year's fair is very different to previous editions with COVID-19 certificate checks and face masks worn throughout, but galleries don't seem to mind as Sales are up.

22/09/2021

Art

Aimless walks, an iPhone Pietà and a huge gargoyle: Art Basel is back

After last years online edition, Art Basel is back in the real world for September 2021. And it starts with a Parcours event.

21/09/2021

France

Unseen Van Gogh goes on display before Sotheby's auction in March

The work depicts a rarely seen view of Paris in the nineteenth century. 'Scène de rue à Montmartre' shows how the busy suburb used to be a rural, tranquil place.

25/02/2021

Travel News

A new exhibition in Rome looks at Banksy's early career

Over one hundred works by Banksy are being exhibited for the first time at Rome's Chiostro del Bramante, with many created in the early stage of the acclaimed British street artist's career.

08/09/2020

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Banksy, bananas and banners as art takes centre stage

Here is a selection of the best no comment videos from this week.

13/12/2019

World

Basel Art Fair Preview: Who will grab the headlines in 2019?

The world's largest art fair

11/06/2019

No Comment

Tattoos made with ancestral techniques

The traditional culture of indigenous tattoos in Taiwan had almost disappeared after decades of being banned by the first Japanese colonists and later by the Chinese Nationalist government.

03/05/2019

Cult

'Lost' Leonardo Da Vinci painting to be auctioned

The last Leonardo de Vinci painting in private hands is going to auction in New York in November

11/10/2017

Cult

Magritte in 3D at the Atomium: surrealist!

This exhibition specifically designed for the 60th anniversary of the Atomium launches the visitor into the magical world of René Magritte and the surrealism. Two Belgian icons meet!

25/09/2017

Destinations

10 Exhibitions to see this summer in Europe

30/08/2017

No Comment

Trump wall images lighten the mood in Bethlehem

04/08/2017

Cult

10 Masterpieces from the Forbidden City

“The Forbidden City in Monaco, Imperial Court Life in China” at the Grimaldi Forum Monaco celebrates the splendor of the last Chinese imperial dynasty.

26/07/2017

Cult

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

This is Magritte In Paris the Pompidou Centre is staging an exhibition of the works of Belgian artist Rene Magritte.

13/01/2017

Cult

Do you look like your dog?

It is often said that people look like their pets.

18/11/2016

Cult

Malta hosts World Summit on Arts and Culture

Malta is playing host to the seventh World Summit on Arts and Culture.

20/10/2016

Cult

Amedeo Modigliani: Exhibition at The Hungarian National Gallery

The Hungarian National Gallery is hosting a unique retrospective of Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani (1884–1920) who is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterized by

31/07/2016

Cult

From Shakespeare to Cats - our summer arts guide

Here is our latest round-up of some of the best things to see and do in the world of arts in Europe and beyond.

18/07/2016

Culture news

Peace of the Pyrenees: Velazquez in Bayonne

Works by the Spanish master Diego Velazquez are on show in Bayonne at the Basque Museum.

02/06/2016

Culture news

Budapest honours father of op art Victor Vasarely

He is widely considered the father of the op art movement, a style of visual art that uses optical illusion. Now, the public can discover or

25/03/2016

Austria

Austrian artist Ernst Fuchs has died aged 85

Austrian artist Ernst Fuchs has died aged 85. He was an internationally recognised painter, sculptor, poet and music composer who co-founded the

09/11/2015