Cult

Glamorous divas and sensual women in the Gerda Wegener exhibition in Denmark

The unusual story of a love between a painter and her muse that transcends gender boundaries is also the subtitle of the current exhibition ‘Gerda Wegener’, presented by the Danish Art Museum Arken ne

4 January 2017

Ukraine

Italy plans new art crime law after Ukraine recovers stolen masterpieces

It was the perfect Christmas present for art lovers who thought the paintings had been lost for ever after they were stolen – and in particular the Italian art museum which has now got them…

22 December 2016

World News

Christmas tree masterpieces of 2016

A rundown of the weirdest and most wonderful trees from this year's batch

20 December 2016

Turkey

Photographer tells of dramatic moment he captured ambassador's murder in Turkey

As other petrified onlookers dived for cover during the cold-blooded murder of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, one stood firm and kept his cool.

20 December 2016

Cult

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

The re-birth of painting Painters’ Painters :Artists of today who inspire artists of tomorrow, features the work of nine present-day painters.

18 December 2016

Europe News

EU set to open new '320m' HQ as governments tighten belts

The EU district of Brussels is, like the weather, grey and dreary.

8 December 2016

France

Lyon to burst into light, under heightened security, for 2016 Fête des Lumières

Final preparations are underway for the Fête des Lumières, which begins tonight (December 8) after a one-year break.

8 December 2016

Israel

Netanyahu statue toppled

A golden statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been given a mixed reception by onlookers as it made a brief appearance in Tel Aviv.

7 December 2016

Cult

The best of Arts and Culture in Europe and the World

The European Oscars Captured on camera for acting in front of the camera – stars of the European silver screen.

6 December 2016

Cult

South Africa: Art of a Nation

A multi-coloured BMW sits on a plinth in the British Museum.

6 December 2016

Cinema

"Marie Curie" - the story of a woman who challenged the male-dominated world of science

Marie Curie turned the male-dominated world of science research on its head and courted controversy as she challenged France’s academic establishment.

2 December 2016

Cult

Controversy in St Petersburg, European Cinema in Les Arcs,Art in Milan and Bilbao in Rendez-Vous

Festival of European Cinema Winter sunshine and a light shining on the European cinema.

2 December 2016

Cult

Hans Zimmer reveals he had stage fright ahead of his career-spanning tour

It is a little bit of cinema and a little bit of rock and roll.

2 December 2016

Cinema

Silence - a Martin Scorsese film and a premier for the Pope

It is a tale of faith under torture, of two Jesuit missionaries journeying to Japan in the seventeenth century in search of their missing mentor.

1 December 2016

Sci-Tech

Interact with Virtually Real Art in London

Its creators promise an exhibition unlike any other: visitors to the Royal Academy of Arts in London will be soon allowed to do something most galleries would frown upon – interact, walk through, and

28 November 2016

Cult

What's on for culture vultures the best of global art and cinema

The best of global art and cinema

25 November 2016

Cinema

Thessaloniki film festival discovers wealth of first films

The Thessaloniki film festival has again come up trumps with a rich seam of first films and strong offerings from new names and festival regulars.

25 November 2016

Cult

Have a surreal Christmas with recipes by Salvador Dali

Get your lips around these Salvador Dali recipes being revived in the ultimate Christmas cookbook.

21 November 2016

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Ukrainian pensioner turns his multi-storey apartment block into an art gallery

Volodymyr Chayka has found a novel way to bring colour into his daily life.

20 November 2016

Cinema

Oscar buzz for Casey Affleck

In ‘Manchester by the Sea’, Casey Affleck stars as Lee, a janitor from Boston forced to return to his hometown to take care of his teenage nephew after his brother…

17 November 2016