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Is urban art losing its rebellious streak?
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Brussels is embracing street art and is working with artists and building owners to commission large, colourful works throughout the Belgian capital.
But as the sanctioned urban art projects begin to...
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Danish art collective swings into Tate Modern
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A Danish art collective is swinging into London's Tate Modern, carrying with them a message of unity and an aim to challenge social apathy.
It's all part of the contemporary art museum's annual Hyundai...
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Dazzling art display lights up Prague
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The Czech city of Prague is being seen in a new light with a dazzling art installation illuminating some of the city's historic buildings.
The annual Signal Light Festival is an interactive art event...
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Hockney painting expected to break auction records
One of David Hockney's famous "pool paintings" is coming to auction and is expected to sell in the $80 million range, easily breaking the record for a work by a living artist sold at auction.
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Exhibition explores artist Alphonse Mucha's cosmic creations
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Copenhagen's Arken art museum is staging a major exhibit of works by Czech-born artist Alphonse Mucha.
Best-known for his cosmic illustrations, advertisements and postcards, the exhibit presents Mucha...
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Hockney painting expected to break auction records
One of David Hockney's famous "pool paintings" is coming to auction and is expected to sell in the $80 million range, easily breaking the record for a work by a living artist sold at auction.
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The Thinker and The Kiss among new Rodin sculpture exhibition
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A new exhibition of Auguste Rodin's sculptures is opening in London.
'Rodin and the art of ancient Greece' places the French artist's work alongside the Athenian marbles which inspired them.
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Rare Qing dynasty enamel bowl set to break records at auction
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A rare bowl made for the longest-reigning Chinese emperor is expected to be sold for a record-breaking price at auction.
The gold and pink enamel bowl is one of only a few of its kind made for the...
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Klimt's art is brought to life by digital technology
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One hundred years after his death the work of art nouveau painter Gustav Klimt has been brought to life by digital technology.
A new exhibition in Paris at the Atelier des Lumieres (Studio of Lights)...
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At pop-up store for her new lingerie line, Savage X Fenty, Rihanna joked about the Met Gala heist in her upcoming film, ‘Ocean’s 8’
AT POP-UP STORE FOR HER NEW LINGERIE LINE RIHANNA JOKED ABOUT THE MET GALA HEIST IN HER UPCOMING FILM, 'OCEAN'S 8'
At pop-up store for her new lingerie line Savage X Fenty on Thursday (10 MAY) Rihanna joked about the Met...
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Rodney Crowell takes a tour of new outlaw country music exhibit
RODNEY CROWELL TOURS NEW OUTLAW COUNTRY EXHIBIT
If the term "outlaw country" evokes images of Willie Nelson's hippie braids or Waylon Jennings' "Honky Tonk Heroes," a new museum exhibit offering a deeper look at the poets,...
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Jimmy Page on loaning instruments to Metropolitan Museum exhibit, including guitar on which he wrote 'Stairway to Heaven'
JIMMY PAGE ON LOANING INSTRUMENTS TO METROPOLITAN MUSEUM EXHIBIT, INCLUDING GUITAR ON WHICH HE WROTE 'STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN'
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Catholicism's influence on fashion explored
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Celebrities have turned out in Catholic inspired fashion for the annual Met Gala as an exhibition called "Heavenly Bodies" opens at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The exhibition traces the...
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Exhibition celebrates hiking through nature
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An exhibition celebrating walking through nature has opened at the Old National Gallery in Berlin.
Hiking became a trend in renaissance Europe as a way to find yourself and connect with nature, and...
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Klimt's art is brought to life by digital technology
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One hundred years after his death the work of art nouveau painter Gustav Klimt has been brought to life by digital technology.
A new exhibition in Paris at the Atelier des Lumieres (Studio of Lights)...
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New exhibition on artistic love affair between East and West
"The Prayer" by Frederick Arthur Bridgman hangs on the walls of the British Museum.
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200,000 pencils could get artist a Guiness World Record
Entering Bilal Asif's studio is like going into a multicoloured world where nothing is quite what it seems.