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Artefacts returned to Centre of Islamic Civilisation after UK probe

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Brixen’s light festival turns a historic town into a glowing spectacle

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Gaza artists stage open-air exhibition amid war and fragile ceasefire

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Blinded by the flag: Banksy confirms new statue in London is his work

UPDATE: Banksy has confirmed that the large statue of a suited man blinded by his own flag and walking off a plinth is his work. It appeared in central London overnight.

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Roy Lichtenstein’s iconic Anxious Girl goes up for auction

The rarely seen Pop Art painting is expected to fetch up to $60 million (approximately €51 million) at Christie's sale next month.

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Protests in Mexico over move of Frida Kahlo works to Spain

Officials are trying to reassure Mexicans that a collection of artworks would return by 2028. Still, critics of the move to Spain remain skeptical.

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Sony World Photography Awards 2026 crowns its winners

Citlali Fabián from Mexico has been named Photographer of the Year for her series Bilha, Stories of my Sisters - a project aiming to inspire young girls with positive role models.

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'Living Bodies': Major Louvre exhibition unites Michelangelo and Rodin

A major new exhibition at the Louvre Museum brings together two of sculpture’s greatest names - Michelangelo and Auguste Rodin - in a rare cross-century dialogue.

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French man wins €1m Picasso in charity lottery

Several million euros raised will be donated to the Alzheimer's Research Foundation.

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Embodying Code: Artist Alida Sun and the physical craft of code art

Berlin-based artist Alida Sun codes new works of digital art nearly every day. Following a recent exhibition, she tells Euronews Culture how she translated these immaterial artworks into tangible tapestries, exploring the physical rituals behind coding.

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Two Monet paintings unseen for a century to be auctioned in France

Two rare works by French Impressionist Claude Monet will be auctioned this week at Sotheby’s. The paintings, “Îles de Port-Villez” from 1883 and “Vétheuil, effet du matin” from 1901, highlight Monet’s obsession with the River Seine in Paris and until recently were only known through photographs.

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Getting people together: Neal Slavin on the art of group photography

Neal Slavin's landmark photography book "When Two or More Are Gathered Together" reveals the many sides of 20th century American society and is notably for its use of colour. To mark the its 50th anniversary, the photographer spoke to Euronews Culture about the book's enduring legacy.

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Raja Ravi Varma painting sets new auction record for Indian art

A 19th century painting by Indian maestro Raja Ravi Varma sold for a record breaking €15 milllion has set a new benchmark for Indian modern art.

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Rubens repair: Flemish master set for major restoration work at Louvre

The Louvre Museum in Paris is preparing to undertake an ambitious restoration and repair project of centuries old paintings by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens to save them from ruin.

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Art Paris 2026 returns with crucial role for reparation matters

Art Paris returns to the Grand Palais this weekend with 160 galleries, new design showcases and curated themes exploring language, history and reparation.

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Going nowhere: Reina Sofía says no to Guernica transfer to Bilbao

For decades, the Basque government has been calling for Guernica to be loaned to the Guggenheim in Bilbao, but Madrid's Reina Sofía museum has just published a 16-page report that says the Picasso masterpiece is too delicate and fragile to be moved, no matter what the occasion.

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Leipzig Eierlei festival celebrates the art of Easter egg decoration

For some painting eggs is an integral part of Easter, but exhibitors at the Eierlei Festival in Leipzig take this tradition to a new level as craft and art experts show what can be done with supposedly "simple" decorations.

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What happens to looted artworks after a successful heist?

Once you successfully steal artworks, what comes next? With stricter regulations around the buying and selling of art, looted pieces often embark on complicated and mysterious journeys.

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Controversial Easter confessions: Maurizio Cattelan's sinners hotline

For his latest work, Maurizio Cattelan wants you to confess... Absolution is at stake. To mark the start of Easter, as well as the 21st anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s death, the Italian artist has also made a limited edition of his most provocative and widely debated work... 666 of them.

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Italy buys devotional Renaissance painting for €12 million

For the second time in a month, Italy has spent millions to buy a historic painting as it moves to protect its national art heritage. The government has acquired a devotional painting of early Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina for €12.6 million euros.

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Art theft rocks Italian museum with paintings worth millions stolen

Italian police have confirmed that four thieves stole paintings by Cézanne, Matisse and Renoir from a museum near Parma a week ago. The artworks are worth millions and the thieves managed the smash-and-grab in under three minutes.

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Artist Jeff Koons on life, Paleolithic Venuses and stainless steel

The celebrated American artist has been in the Greek capital Athens to present his exhibition 'Jeff Koons: Aphrodite of Lespugue' at the Museum of Cycladic Art.

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New London show examines ageing, inequality and everyday life

The Wellcome Collection exhibition in London explores ageing across life, using art, culture and scientific research to show how inequality shapes who gets to grow old well.

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The Ambition of Painting: Inside the world of Henri Rousseau

Thanks to an unprecedented collaboration between the Musée d l'Orangerie in Paris and the Philadelphia-based Barnes Foundation, the life and times of Henri Rousseau are being explored in France. It's a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the world of the painter, often described as naive.

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Marseille's Mucem explores a millennium of motherhood in art

Marseille's Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (Mucem) is celebrating motherhood throughout history and how the roles of mothers have been depicted in art.

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Old masters, new methods: The tech transforming art restoration

From an AI-generated mask that can restore a 15th-century painting in three hours to scientists developing eco-friendly cleaning gels from renewable materials, a new wave of technology is saving masterpieces.

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My passion project: Yórgos Lánthimos exhibits his private photography

The acclaimed film director presents for the first time in Greece a large exhibition of 182 photographs he has taken over the last five years.

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Student winners at the 2026 Sony World Photography Awards

Photographs from young talent submitted to the Sony World Photography Awards navigate themes like femininity and individuality, the aftermath of environmental disasters, and friendship.

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Love, life and etchings: Renoir's passions explored at Musee d'Orsay

The Musée d'Orsay is devoting two separate exhibitions to Pierre-Auguste Renoir to explore his early paintings and the importance of drawing in his work. Together, both collections revisit the career of the Impressionist artist.

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Has Banksy's identity been revealed by new report?

The end of decades’ worth of speculation and intrigue? Maybe. A new report claims to have finally unmasked Banksy’s true identity.

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Fears over loans to the Louvre Abu Dhabi against a backdrop of war

The museum, which opened in the United Arab Emirates in 2017, has so far escaped damage from nearly 1,800 Iranian drone and missile strikes since the conflict began last month.

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David Hockney’s sweeping 70-metre-long artwork unveiled in London

An epic 70 metre art work by David Hockney, inspired by the Bayeux tapestry and the changing seasons in Normandy, is the star of a new landmark exhibition in London.

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Baroque bargain: Italy buys rare Caravaggio painting for €30 million

Italy has spent €30 million on a rare Caravaggio painting of a young man who went onto become Pope Urban VIII in a move to protect and strengthen its national cultural heritage and make art more accessible to scholars.

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Heritage and hope: Renowed photographer Reza's 'Rising Light' in Baku

A mixture of cultural heritage and enduring optimism is what the French-Iranian photographer Reza hopes visitors take away from 'The Rising Light', an illuminating exhibition of his work that's currently on in Baku.

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International Women's Day: Mothers, sisters and the 'Art of Legacy'

Women in Frame is a two-week exhibition exploring heritage and cultural memory within the Austrian alpine resort of Ischgl and the impact over a century of the Aloys family and its influential matriach Elisabeth Aloys.

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Russia set to return to Venice Biennale amid fierce criticism

Even if Moscow was never formally banned from the most important contemporary art competition after its large-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, this return - which coincides with a certain 'rehabilitation' of Russian athletes - is raising quite a few eyebrows.

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Jubilee joshin: drMáriás political portraits unite in landmark show

Complex and provocative, Hungarian artist drMáriás is turning more than heads with his jubilee show in Budapest. Figures from world history and modern day politics are frequent targets for his satirical portrait brush.

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Rembrandt revealed as painter of 'Vision of Zacharias in the Temple'

The Dutch master has been revealed as the maker of 'Vision of Zacharias in the Temple', a 17th century work that has been authenticated using advanced techniques by researchers at the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands.

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Venice Biennale Aral Sea show set to explore environmental disaster

Once the world’s fourth-largest inland sea, the Aral has lost more than 90% of its volume since the 1960s and is now, largely a desert. At the Venice Biennale, a national pavilion will revisit the environmental disaster through art, folklore and collective memory.

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Tracey Emin’s infamous bed takes centre stage in Tate Modern show

Spanning four decades, the major exhibition charts Emin's fearless exploration of trauma, desire, and survival across painting, sculpture, neon, film, and performance.

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Venice art biennale releases full line-up for Koyo Kouoh curated show

The 61st Venice Art Biennale has announced its complete list of participating artists. In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh will open to the public on Saturday 9 May and run until Sunday 22 November 2026.

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Super rare Magritte leaf-bird painting heads to auction for first time

Les grâces naturelles, an extremely rare painting by surrealist master René Magritte is expected to fetch up to €10 million when it goes up for auction for the first time in March at Christie's.

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French artist JR reveals plans to turn Pont Neuf bridge into a 'cave'

French artist JR will transform Paris’ famous Pont Neuf bridge into a walk-through “cave” with sound and augmented reality in a tribute to artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrest photo put on display in the Louvre

The 'Everyone Hates Elon' campaign group hung Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's now-infamous arrest photo in the Louvre, following his arrest on suspicion of gross misconduct in public office.

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The world's tallest bottle cap mural completed in El Salvador

Venezuelan Óscar Olivares is the man behind the world's tallest mural of plastic lids in the Zacamil neighbourhood of San Salvador. The piece is more than 13 metres high and was built with more than 100,000 pieces recycled by the community.

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One goal, two approaches: Cultural connections in Central Asia

Central Asia is investing heavily in cultural infrastructure, from privately funded museums in Kazakhstan to state-led institutions in Uzbekistan. These contrasting approaches reveal how culture is being mobilised as strategy, legacy and soft power across the region.

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Check out the winners from the Sony World Photography Awards 2026

The Sony World Photography Awards have announced the winners of this year's Open competition which recognises the best single image taken across ten categories ranging from architecture, lifestyle, wildlife and travel.

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