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Major Freud portrait exhibition in London A major exhibition of paintings by the late Lucian Freud has just opened in London. Best known for his fleshy nudes in muted colours, Freud was described as… 09/02/2012
Ai Weiwei ‘fights for freedom of expression’ Chinese contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei took part in the opening of an exhibition of his work in Stockholm in Sweden via a live video link. Ai… 08/02/2012
Enter the world of Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’ is one of English author Charles Dickens’ most famous stories. Sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge’s emotional transformation after the… 06/02/2012
Roger Vadim’s Ferrari for sale at Rétromobile For lovers of vintage cars and motorbikes the Rétromobile event in Paris is nothing short of paradise. Now in its 37th year, this year’s event has attracted… 02/02/2012
Churchill’s Marrakech connection The Leighton House Museum in London has opened a new exhibition called “Meetings in Marrakesh” focussing on the paintings of Sir Winston Churchill and Hassan… 31/01/2012
Scale models show 17th century France in 3D Way before satellite photography and Google Earth, these intricate models give an amazing birds-eye view of French cities and forts from the 17th century. 27/01/2012
Weegee: Murder Is My Business Disturbing and graphic images of killings and gangster arrests in depression-era New York by photographer Weegee are on show at the International Center of… 26/01/2012
Spot the artist at the Gagosian More than 300 spot paintings by British artist Damien Hirst from 1986 to the present day have gone on show simultaneously around the world. For the first… 16/01/2012
Polish art student hangs his own work in museum Why wait decades for your talent to be recognised? One young artist in Poland wanted his work displayed now. So he added one of his paintings to exhibits at… 10/01/2012
Angel art alights in Jerusalem For centuries angels have captured artists’ imaginations and can be found in Christian, Jewish and Islamic art. A new exhibition at the Israel Museum in… 10/01/2012
Bunuel’s Mexico home opens its doors The Mexican home of Spanish film director Luis Bunuel opens to the public with a special exhibition about his iconic movie ‘Viridiana’. The film was… 04/01/2012
NY’s Met welcomes Renaissance portraiture Contributions made by Italian portraiture to the history of art is the subject of an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. ‘The… 03/01/2012
‘King of Cling’ honored at Dutch museum For decades his designs have graced the shapes of celebrities and fashionistas around the world including Madonna, Janet Jackson and most recently Michelle… 02/01/2012
Bob Gruen: four decades of iconic rock shots Photographer Bob Gruen has taken pictures of some of the biggest pop and rock icons of his generation. Intimate portraits of John Lennon are among the images… 16/12/2011
USSR display reforms, reveals and revolutionises What do Miss Charm, Chernobyl and Mikhail Gorbachev have in common? Not a great deal you may think, but they all appear in the exhibition “USSR: End of the… 15/12/2011
Swarovski crystal toilet goes on display in Tokyo – nocomment It’s more flash than flush – a toilet decorated with 72,000 pieces of Swarovski crystal has gone on display in Japan. Although it isn’t for sale, the… 14/12/2011
Paris display traces history of ‘human zoos’ An exhibition in Paris traces the stories of the men, women and children taken from their homes in the colonies of the West and displayed like animals in… 29/11/2011
Play to learn at Serious Games show Games are usually meant to be fun but those on show at the 7th Serious Games exhibition in the French city of Lyon are more about training and teaching, than… 29/11/2011
Disney in ice In Bruge, in Belgium, international artists are putting the finishing touches to a series of ice sculptures, and all of them are Disney characters. The Disney… 24/11/2011
Thessalonika shows off Staveris’ photos “A World without Margins” is the title of a retrospective of Spyros Staveris. Thessalonika’s Museum of Photography and the 52nd International Film Festival… 21/11/2011
Vincent van Gogh’s works focus of new exhibition The works of Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh are at the heart of a new exhibition currently on display at Genoa’s Palazzo Ducale. The paintings and drawings… 17/11/2011
Inside the mind of René Magritte. More than 200 artworks from private and public collections all over Europe, North America and Japan have arrived at the Albertina in Vienna, for a unique and… 11/11/2011
London’s Leonardo da Vinci show sold-out until end of year The National Gallery’s unprecedented Leonardo da Vinci exhibition; Painter at the Court of Milan offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see most of the… 09/11/2011
Lebanese art showcases rich and complex history The Royal College of Art in London has been host to an impressive collection of contemporary Lebanese art. The Association for the Promotion and Exhibition… 08/11/2011
Under-watercolour paintings making a splash The Swallow’s Nest castle near Yalta on the Crimean peninsula in southern Ukraine is hosting a unique exhibition of underwater paintings. They were all… 26/10/2011
Inspired by the Alhambra The Alhambra in Grenada is the most popular tourist attraction in Spain with around three million visitors per year. A new exhibition has just opened there… 25/10/2011
Miro art show opens in Barcelona The Fundacio Joan Miro in Barcelona is showing the most comprehensive exhibition of the Spanish artist’s work in the past 20 years. The display – The Ladder… 20/10/2011
Muniz retrospective: good enough to eat Paint, pastels or pencils are just too boring for Brazilian artist Vik Muniz. He prefers unconventional materials such as jam or peanut butter. 10/10/2011
Japan expo shows the future of technology Smart phones that can scan for radiation are a huge draw at CEATEC – Japan’s biggest IT and electronics trade show. The country’s largest mobile phone… 04/10/2011
Degas on display at London’s Royal Academy Obsessed by ballet, French artist Edgar Degas spent years drawing dancers; dancers warming up, rehearsing, backstage, in their dressing rooms and performing. 03/10/2011
A modern eye on Edvard Munch An exhibition of the works by Edvard Munch has opened in Paris before it moves to other cities in Germany and London. Edvard Munch, “The Modern Eye,” is… 29/09/2011
Berlin, cloud city for a while – nocomment Visitors are playing on the giant bubbles of the Cloud Cities exhibition of the Hamburger Bahnhof museum in Berlin. 16/09/2011
Central Asian exhibition debunks “Borat syndrome” ‘Between Heaven and Earth’ is an exhibition on the diverse contemporary works of 23 artists from Central Asia. The curator says the exhibition aims to address… 15/09/2011
“Mysterious life”: the human body on show in ChinaA visitor looks at foetus specimens of the “Mysterious Life” exhibition at the museum of Dalian Hoffen Bio-Technique Co. Ltd. in China. The exhibits have been… 15/09/2011
Marty McFly’s shoes back to HollywoodA pair of 2011 NIKE MAG shoes, based on the original NIKE MAG worn in 2015 by the “Back to the Future II” character Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, is… 09/09/2011
A hero’s tribute Just over 58 years after New Zealand’s Edmund Hillary and Nepal’s Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest, breathtaking… 08/09/2011
Jean Michel Jarre unveils 3.5m high speaker It costs as much as a house but this prototype is – according to French musician Jean Michel Jarre – the biggest and most powerful loud speaker in the world… 07/09/2011
Katsushika Hokusai expo opens in Berlin A new art exhibition has opened at the Martin Gropius Bau Museum in Berlin. Katsushika Hokusai was a famous Japanese artist, painter and printmaker. Born in… 02/09/2011
Chips with everything at IFA electronics show IFA, Europe’s leading trade fair for consumer electronics and home appliances, is underway in Germany’s capital Berlin. Techheads gathered to check out the… 01/09/2011
New Otto Dix works discovered Four previously unknown watercolours by Otto Dix have been discovered in Bavaria. They were painted using mixed techniques, watercolours worked over with ink… 01/09/2011
Venetian lace museum proudly reopens On Burano Island in the lagoon of Venice, famed for the splendour of its past, the Lace Museum is open once more, following lengthy restoration. ‘Vaporetti’… 02/08/2011
Active Witness photo show supports volunteering A photo exhibition entitled “Active Witness” is on at Europe House in London, celebrating the European Year of Volunteering. Its organisers stress the… 28/07/2011
Brothers in art: the Chapmans’ latest exhibition The White Cube gallery in London’s Mayfair is exhibiting the latest work by Britain’s sibling artists the Chapman brothers. Always provocative, part of the… 18/07/2011
E-book boom draws thousands to Tokyo fair Tokyo has been playing host to one of the world’s largest e-book exhibitions. More than 150 companies turned up to show off their new products, including… 13/07/2011
Classified Hiroshima photos on display in New York Once classified by the US government, dozens of photographs of the aftermath of Hiroshima are on display in New York City. They were taken a couple of… 13/07/2011
The show goes on for Dior For the first time in nearly 15 years, Christian Dior’s haute couture collection was not designed by the label’s disgraced former artistic director John… 05/07/2011
London hosts Hungarian photography greatsThe Royal Academy of Arts in London is exhibiting 20th century photographs by Hungarian giants. More than 200 photographs are on display and highlights… 28/06/2011
Life-size T-Rex skeleton at Tokyo exhibit Bone by bone, a Tyrannosaurus Rex has been brought back to life for a dinosaur exhibition at Tokyo’s Nature and Science Museum. The animal has been put in a… 27/06/2011
Soviet childhood museum opens in Ukraine Those who grew up in the Soviet Union can step back in time at the newly opened Soviet Childhood Museum in the Ukranian Black Sea Port of Sevastopol. 23/06/2011
Frankfurt Modern Art Museum turns 20 To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Modern Art Museum in Frankfurt is presenting an enormous exhibition of contemporary art, spread over double its usual… 22/06/2011
Making waves: art show in Budapest lake Budapest’s boating lake is no longer just a lake; it is the venue for a modern art exhibition. 07/06/2011
A golden reopening for Georgia’s top museum The Georgian National Museum has opened its doors again after a six year refurbishment with a glittering exhibition of ancient gold from the fabled land where… 30/05/2011
South Korea unveils world’s biggest floating island The South Korean capital Seoul is now home to the world’s largest artificial floating island, recently opened on the Han river. It is made up of three… 30/05/2011
Graffiti: not a blot but pricy art in Stockholm Despite the Swedish capital’s zero tolerance approach to graffiti, a large auction of graffiti works is to be held in Stockholm. Graffiti used to be a… 25/05/2011
Joan Miro – poetic painter A new exhibition has opened at Bard Fortress in the north of Italy. ‘Joan Miro – Poem’ features 190 different works, including designs, lithographs… 24/05/2011
Private business plane travel recovering More business travelers are taking to the air on privately owned and chartered planes. The European air safety body Eurocontrol saw a 5.5 percent rise in… 18/05/2011
Ai Weiwei exhibit opens without jailed artist A major retrospective of works by one of China’s best-known artists has opened in London in his absence. Ai Weiwei was detained by Chinese authorities on… 18/05/2011
Anish Kapoor gargantuan work invades Grand Palais A giant structure by British artist Anish Kapoor has been unveiled at Paris’ Grand Palais. The aim of the monster-like figure is to engulf the visitor, who… 16/05/2011
Writing on the wall The Art of Writing is a new exhibition in the German city of Wiesbaden, near Frankfurt. Some 100 artists from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Iraq and Iran… 13/05/2011
Polish art show to mark start of EU presidency To celebrate the start of the Polish presidency of the EU in July, a selection of works by prominent modern and contemporary Polish artists is going on… 04/05/2011
Pushkin exhibit honours Christian Dior gowns After the John Galliano debacle, Christian Dior can use all the positive publicity it can get. A new retrospective of the French haute couture house has… 02/05/2011
Lauren shows off his wheels in Paris Fashion idol Ralph Lauren revealed his iconic car collection in April for a Paris exhibition celebrating over 70 years of four-wheeled wonders. More… 29/04/2011
Montevideo Creole Week riders contestGauchos from all over Uruguay and neighbouring Argentina and Brazil come to Montevideo during “Criolla” (Creole) Week to compete for the award of best rider… 20/04/2011
Some of Africa’s most famous art shows in Paris Totem-like figures, masks and sculptures that date back more than 1,000 years from West Africa’s Dogon region are now on show in Paris. 15/04/2011
The Queen of Royal memorabilia Margaret Tyler may well be the biggest fan of Britain’s Royal family in the world. The 67-year-old has spent decades collecting Royal memorabilia, from cups… 12/04/2011
Angela Merkel opens women’s soccer exhibition in BerlinGerman Chancellor Merkel visits the exhibition “Women Write Soccer History” at Chancellery in Berlin ahead of the Women’s Soccer World Cup to be held from… 05/04/2011
MoMA show charts dawn of German Expressionism Graphic images of death, sex and war are on display at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in an exhibition on German Expressionism. 29/03/2011
Kubrick traveling exhibit hits Paris Stanley Kubrick fans will get to take an intimate look inside the legendary film director’s life and career at a traveling exhibition which has just hit… 23/03/2011
Sweden hosts challenging new Iranian art show Iranian art is at the heart of a new event in the Swedish town of Goteborg. Iran today holds one of the most thriving, controversial art scenes… 22/03/2011
Rock’n roll photographer shoots stars old-style He has been doing this for more than 30 years: shooting rock’n roll stars with his traditional camera and developing the pictures in his bathroom, with the… 21/03/2011
Colourful ceramics at Miro show in Paris The colourful and often surreal sculptures of Catalan artist Joan Miro can now be seen in an exhibition in Paris. 16/03/2011
Milan exhibits multi-talented Alberto Savinio A show of Alberto Savinio’s work called ‘Comedy of Art’ is now on in Milan. One of the most important Italian artists of the 20th century, Savinio was a man… 11/03/2011
Young Moroccan artist on show in Casablanca The paintings of young Morrocan artist Narjiss Eljoubari are on show in Casablanca. Her works center around a single theme: the umbrella. 24/02/2011
From Egon Schiele to Michel Gondry The work of Austrian artist Egon Schiele is currently on show in Vienna. Born in 1890, Schiele, along with Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka, was one of the… 18/02/2011
Madrid hosts contemporary art fair Contemporary art lovers should make a beeline for Spain for the 30th anniversary edition of ARCO, the Madrid International Contemporary Art Fair. Nearly… 17/02/2011
New York Fashion marathon kicks off New York Fashion Week has got underway. It’s going to be a seven-day marathan of early starts and late nights for many models – who do, on average, three… 11/02/2011
Paris exhibit honours French Vietnam photographer The work of French photographer Henri Huet who helped influence public opinion on the Vietnam war is currently on show in Paris. Entitled “Henri Huet… 09/02/2011
Twin shows of modern art in Croatia Montenegrin artist Boris Dragojevic is exhibiting his paintings at the “Kula” gallery in Split, Croatia. At the same time the Istrian Modern Arts Museum in… 07/02/2011
Bomb-damaged statues pieced back together One hundred years ago wealthy German diplomat Max Freiherr von Oppenheim uncovered some ancient stone statues at Tell Halaf in what is now Syria. He… 01/02/2011
Azerbaijan aims for hi-tech state Azerbaijan is better known for its offshore oil than for its high-tech achievements. The country’s desire to change all that though was highlighted this… 26/11/2010
Berlin Air Show 2010 boasts “Space under one roof” The Air Show of Berlin, the oldest exhibition of its kind, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The show, which takes place every two years, is a… 25/06/2010
Armenian book anniversary marked in VeniceAn exhibition in Venice is celebrating the 500th anniversary of the publication there of the first-ever book printed in Armenian. Among those admiring the… 16/12/2011
Israel displays Eichmann itemsRevisiting a dark period of crime and punishment: a licence plate is among the items vaunting the capture in Argentina more than 50 years ago of Adolf… 14/12/2011
Pregnant fossil shows reptiles did not lay eggsA fossil on display at the US Natural History Museum in Los Angeles shows that giant prehistoric sea reptiles gave birth to live offspring, rather than laying… 13/08/2011
Art attack in AvignonVandals have destroyed two photographs by controversial artist Andres Serrano at the Lambert collection in Avignon’s contemporary arts museum in France. Three… 18/04/2011
Berlin treasure hunt has paintings as the prizeIt is the ultimate in “finders keepers” for lovers of hard-hitting street art. American painter Greg Haberny is hiding one of his “in your face” creations… 07/04/2011
Burn Hitler’s book to ashes, make a BibleTo make a bible, you need to burn 100 copies of Hitler’s Mein Kampf, mix the ashes with resin and cast the amalgamation in a mould. That is if you are… 27/01/2011
Marilyn Manson launches exhibition in ViennaUS shock-rocker Marilyn Manson has launched his first show as a painter in the Austrian capital Vienna. Entitled “Genealogies of Pain”, it is a… 25/01/2011
JFK inauguration ball photos on showJohn F Kennedy was inaugurated as President of the United States 50 years ago. To mark the anniversary, renowned photographer Phil Stern is dusting off… 21/01/2011
Jerusalem to Tehran, through Blum’s brushYou are not likely to see Jerusalem if you are a holder of an Iranian passport, as an order on its last page prohibits any travel to the “occupied Palestine.”… 20/01/2011
North Korean ‘Socialist ideal’ on show in RussiaContemporary art from North Korea is being shown for the first time in Russia, in an exhibition called And Water Flows Beneath The Ice in Moscow. 19/01/2011
Urethra show for Gilbert and GeorgeArtistic duo Gilbert and George have unveiled their latest and largest ever exhibition at the White Cube gallery in London. Called the Urethra Postcard Art… 17/01/2011
Once Again About LoveA new exhibition called Once Again About Love has opened at the Fine Art Gallery in Kiev, in Ukraine. Oleg Maslov’s paintings deal largely with memories of… 06/01/2011
Chinese surrealism in BernA collection of hitherto-unseen modern art from China features in a new exhibition ‘Big Draft – Shanghai’ in Bern, Switzerland. The man responsible for… 05/01/2011
Moscow’s Ice Museum: a frozen fairylandA world of icy figures – from fairytale folk to penguins and Pegasus – has been created at Moscow’s Ice Museum. Creatures from outer space, a rocket, ice… 16/12/2010
Xiaobo honoured in Nobel exhibition“I have no enemies,” said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo in his last public speech, made almost exactly a year ago – prior to being sentenced to 11… 15/12/2010
Artist scoops new prize with earthworks trilogyThere is a new prize up for grabs in the world of contemporary art. The Future Generation Art Prize is sponsored by Victor Pinchuk, a Ukrainian tycoon and… 14/12/2010
Two new museums open their doors in ItalyThe MACRO Museum in the Italian capital Rome has just opened its new wing with an exhibition by Dutch duo Bik Van der Pol. Also recently opened in Italy… 10/12/2010
YSL exhibition in his beloved Moroccan gardenThe late great French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent fell in love with the light and colours of Morocco, and particularly the Majorelle Garden in… 02/12/2010
Spanish artist’s Pinocchio goes internationalSince The Adventures of Pinocchio was first published in 1883, Carlo Collodi’s tale of a little wooden puppet who longed to become a real boy has charmed… 30/11/2010
