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Indonesian war of independence explored in new Amsterdam exhibition

The exhibit is jointly curated by Dutch and Indonesian curators but has already courted controversy over some language used.

10 February 2022

Art

Russian painting worth €1 million vandalised by 'bored' security guard

Anna Leporskaya's 1930s painting 'Three Figures' is being restored in Moscow after a security guard drew two sets of eyes on the faceless forms.

10 February 2022

Art

'Bob Marley: One Love Experience' in London features cannabis forest

The exhibition's ten-week stay at the capital's Saatchi Gallery contains personal possessions, multi-sensory rooms, and rare photographic finds.

4 February 2022

Art

'Art detective' returns stolen Roman statue to France 50 years later

Dutch art retrieval expert Arthur Brand worked to get the statue back to the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais after its owner expressed suspicions about its origins.

2 February 2022

Art

Cézanne drawing lost for decades rediscovered in auction

The artist's lost notebook that he shared with his sister features the work, which was recently identified by art historians as an original.

1 February 2022

Art

When Sigmund met Salvador: ‘Dali–Freud, an Obsession’ opens in Vienna

An exhibition at the Belvedere Museum in Vienna displays around a hundred of Salvador Dali's objects, paintings, and works influenced by Sigmund Freud's writings.

29 January 2022

Germany

Six men on trial for stealing jewels worth €113m from Dresden museum

Prosecutors said those accused of stealing the gems, which have never been recovered, belong to an organised crime family known as the "Remmo clan".

28 January 2022

Culture news

Sharks exhibition in New York aims to change the 'jaws' image

The exhibition will be open until August 14, 2022, at New York's American Museum of Natural History.

12 January 2022

Culture news

Which European nations are cracking down on their cultural sectors?

These governments are accused of stifling freedom of expression or using their influence to interfere in cultural institutions.

12 January 2022

Culture news

A look at Charlotte Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin's 'tender' documentary

Fans of the famed family are sitting tight for the revelatory documentary, which comes to cinemas in January.

7 January 2022

Culture news

German men charged for million euro heist on Dresden museum

The men will stand trial in January for stealing precious jewellery of historical note from one of Europe's oldest museums.

30 December 2021

Culture news

Immersion in the world of fairytales in Hans Christian Andersen museum

Hans Christian Andersen is being celebrated in his hometown of Odense, with a new museum designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, which combines biographical elements with a fantasy world.

29 December 2021

Art

Portuguese museum exhibits women's contribution to ceramics

'Unknown Territories: Women's Creativity in Portuguese Modern and Contemporary Ceramics (1950-2020)' will run through December until June 2022 in Lisbon.

22 December 2021

Art

Long lost antiquities: Italy reunited with 200 'stolen' artefacts

The valuable antiquities, which include a 7th century BCE ceramic vessel and terracotta face of a goddess, are being returned to Italy from various museums and collections in America.

16 December 2021

Culture news

Penélope Cruz pays tribute to Almodóvar as she receives MoMA honour

New York welcomed a host of a stars in support Penélope Cruz as she was honoured by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. On the red carpet, the Spanish actress paid thanks to eight-time director and close friend Pedro Almodóvar.

15 December 2021

Art

The Russian exhibition exploring the country's rich Christmas history

Hundreds of trinkets and decorations from three centuries of Christmas and New Year celebrations are on display at the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve in Moscow.

13 December 2021

Culture news

Chopin's last piano gets its 19th century magic back

The last piano Frederic Chopin ever played is currently being restored in the Polish capital. The historic instrument is being given back its original mid-19th century characteristics using expert knowledge and a lot of patience.

10 December 2021

Culture news

Killing time with Pakistan's lonely clock collector

Hundreds of antique clocks fill a small hall in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, where collector Gul Kakar swears he will spend all the time he has left caring for them.

10 December 2021

Culture news

Green-eyed 'Afghan Girl' star of Steve McCurry exhibition in Paris

Inside a new retrospective exhibition of Steve McCurry's most beautiful photographs as it opens at the Musée Maillol in Paris.

9 December 2021

Culture news

Find out why a medieval Spanish king was known as 'Alfonso the Wise'

These works gather the ancient knowledge of different cultures which visited the Iberian Peninsula: from texts by Aristotle and Ptolemy to Latin, Arabic and Hebrew works, and of contemporary contributions developed both in the Latin West and the Islamic world

6 December 2021