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50 years of art by Yoshitaka Amano takes centre stage in Milan

Best known for his iconic work on the Final Fantasy series, the art of Japanese illustrator Yoshitaka Amano is being celebrated in Milan.

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Barcelona show explores how graffiti has 'transformed' into high art

Barcelona's Prohibited Art Museum is hosting a debate that aims to examine the roots of graffiti and its path to being widely hailed now as one of the world's most important art forms.

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Rosana Paulino receives Munch Museum's artistic freedom award

Home to the world's largest collection of works by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, the museum aims to pay tribute to his legacy of promoting "artistic expression" and creative freedom.

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Rome's Palazzo Bonaparte hosts monumental Fernando Botero exhibition

A year on from the death of Fernando Botero, one of the largest exhibitions ever dedicated to the artist has opened in Rome. The show at Palazzo Bonaparte includes several previously unseen works by the Colombian painter and sculptor.

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Oscar-winning 'My Heart Will Go On' lyricist Will Jennings dies at 80

The American lyricist wrote more than 500 songs for some of the world's most legendary singers, including Céline Dion, Whitney Houston and Barry Manilow - and became known as a maestro of cinematic ballads.

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Palestinian artist Mirna Bamieh bridges food and art in Paris

Bamieh’s Sour Things show is the inaugural exhibition at Dubai gallery NIKA Project Space's new Paris outpost, opening 8 September.

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Artists urge Serbia to block extradition of Belarusian filmmaker

Andrei Gynot, who is wanted in Belarus for alleged tax evasion, could face severe persecution, including imprisonment, torture, or even the death penalty if returned.

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A brighter London: Artist Yinka Ilori takes over Piccadilly Circus

The new temporary artwork is situated on the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain and features plinths emblazoned with positive affirmations.

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Nick Cave on the ‘unbelievably disturbing’ impact of AI in music

Nick Cave on AI: “Its intent is to completely sidestep the sort of inconvenience of the artistic struggle, going straight to the commodity, which reflects on us, what we are, as human beings, which is just things that consume stuff.”

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Yayoi Kusama’s largest permanent public sculpture unveiled in London

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's first permanent public artwork in the UK and her largest permanent public sculpture to date is greeting commuters and passers-by at London's Liverpool Street Station.

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Fridamania: Why has Kahlo’s face - and monobrow - become so iconic?

Stylised and simplified, Kahlo’s likeness can now be found on t-shirts, tote bags, eye masks, phone cases, oven mitts and plant pots.

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Sculpture in the City returns with 17 artworks hidden around London

This year's edition of Sculpture in the City will see 17 sculptures by 15 artists grace the streets of the City of London for 12 months.

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Olympic art: The exhibitions around Europe inspired by the Games

The Olympic Games have sparked a series of exhibitions around Europe dedicated to their history and cultural significance.

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Colombian artist Bolero celebrated in Rome with sculpture exhibition

Italy is honouring the artist Fernando Botero with an outdoor exhibition of his voluminous sculptures across Rome. The exhibition is a tribute to the Colombian who died in September last year in Monaco, where he kept a studio.

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Art(istic) theft: Brazilian artist steals coin from British Museum

Hundreds of items have gone missing from the British Museum – but, this time, a historic coin was stolen by an artist.

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Anthony McCall lights up London's Tate Modern

Anthony McCall is in the spotlight at London's Tate Modern with his first major exhibition at the gallery. The British artist is projecting beams of intense light through spaces filled with fine mist to create interactive sculptures that can be manipulated by visitors.

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What is this mysterious new monolith and who is behind it?

It’s happening again... And we still don’t know what it means.

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Here's how you can win a limited edition Ukrainian landmark LEGO set

The limited edition LEGO sets are being raffled off in order to help fund a school's rebuilding in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

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Meet the artist creating life-size animal sculptures from cardboard

Placing sustainability at the core of his artistic practice, Josh Gluckstein captures the raw emotions of endangered animals through his life-sized animal sculptures.

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French artist Ben dies aged 88, just hours after wife's death

French artist Ben Vautier, known simply under the artistic moniker Ben, died by suicide at his home in Nice just hours after the death of his wife, his family said on Wednesday.