VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALChristie's pulls Lebanese artworks after complaintsLebanese artist Ayman Baalbaki's two paintings have been removed by Christie's auction house this week following complaints, according to emails seen by Reuters. The emails did not specify what the complaints were or who they were from.ReutersVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALShakespeare portrait sent to spaceA portrait of William Shakespeare and a copy of a speech from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" were sent to the edge of space as part of a short film series marking 400 years since the first volume of the playwright's works was published.ReutersVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGEx-director, Andrea, wins Goncourt literary prizeFrance's top literary prize, the Goncourt, was awarded Tuesday to former film director Jean-Baptiste Andrea for his novel "Veiller sur elle" ("Watch Over Her") set in Italy's dark fascist years.France 24VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALArtist Botero, ‘painter of our virtues’, dies aged 91The celebrated Colombian painter and sculptor, Fernando Botero, has died aged 91. Although commercially successful, his work was often looked down on by the art establishment.Al JazeeraVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALProject to tattoo human rights declarationA group of people in the U.K will have one letter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights tattooed on them as part of an international art project meant to celebrate the landmark document and spotlight regions where human rights are...Al JazeeraVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALUsing AI to generate statuesThe "impossible statue", created entirely by artificial intelligence (AI), fuses the signature styles of five master sculptors including Michelangelo, Rodin and Takamura.EuroNewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALMeet the robot dog 'pooping' art critiquesThe robot terrier is an art piece itself, built to trigger a debate about the use of AI in consuming art.EuroNewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALCoronation concert tops off weekend of pomp and pageantryLionel Richie and Katy Perry have performed at King Charles III's Coronation Concert. The newly-crowned King and royal family joined thousands of people for the grand finale to the weekend of royal events. The stage lights, lasers and dr...Ticker NewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYING'Queen Camilla' added to Madame TussaudsMadame Tussauds wax museum in London has added a figure of the soon-to-be-Queen Camilla alongside King Charles III in its Royal Family collection.EuroNewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGLongest running Broadway show, 'Phantom' closesThe Phantom of the Opera is falling silent. The longest-running stage musical in Broadway history will take its final bow on Sunday - in front of a specially invited audience. Andrew Lloyd Webber's blockbuster show has thrilled theatre f...Al JazeeraVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGCancel culture: Russian artists shunned by WestA year since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian artists and performers say they are victims of cancel culture in the West. Several prominent artists have been shunned and performances have been cancelled. Russia says its artists are being ...Al JazeeraVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGPolice call Anishinaabe forgery world’s biggest art fraudThousands of fake versions of paintings by acclaimed Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau were sold in what Ontario police are calling the world's biggest art fraud. The years-long investigation led to 40 charges against eight people inc...CBC NewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGUkraine to safeguard Banksy worksAfter the attempted theft of one of Banksy's murals in Kyiv, the local government has implemented a new security system to keep the safe and on display when damaged buildings are reconstructed.EuroNewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGOdesa Museum sheltering paintings and peopleAs Ukraine marks a year of being under attack from Russia, the Odesa Fine Arts Museum is playing its role in providing shelter.EuroNewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGPolice recover stolen Salvador Dalí paintingsSpanish police recovered two 100-year-old drawings by Salvador Dalí that were stolen during a burglary in Barcelona last year. They arrested three brothers in their 50s and seized the Dalí drawings that were created in 1922 for a book ca...EuroNewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGUkraine's own Banksy paints Kharkiv rubbleIn Ukraine, he’s thought of as a local “Banksy”. Street artist Gamlet Zinkivsky has painted hundreds of parts of his native Kharkiv partly destroyed in Russian attacks in the early stages of the war. Now, he’s taken two of our reporters ...France 24VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGEgypt recovers 2,700-year-old sarcophagus lidEgypt announced Monday the recovery of a sarcophagus lid dating back nearly 2,700 years that it said had been smuggled out and put on display at a museum in the United States. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry announced the recover...France 24VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGCatherine the Great statue taken down in OdesaOdesa has removed a statue of eighteenth-century Russian empress Catherine the Great from public display as part of a drive to de-Russify Ukraine's cities.EuroNewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGWinter storms cast frozen artThe Arctic deep freeze and winter storms that recently wreaked havoc across North America left behind some breathtaking frozen sculptures. The 'Simply Scandinavian' gift shop on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin was sealed shut by a Christmas E...CBC NewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGConcerns over AI-generated portraitsSocial media has been flooded with artistic profile photos made by mobile apps like Lensa. The AI-generated images are allowing people to see how they might look in a fantasy world or perhaps a real world from centuries ago. But for some...CBC NewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGUkraine finds stolen Bansky mural, arrest culpritsAuthorities in Ukraine said on Saturday (December 3) they had retrieved a mural by British street artist Banksy, after a group of people tried to take it on Friday by cutting it off a battle-scarred wall in Kyiv region where it was painted.ReutersVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGThieves attempt to steal Banksy mural in UkraineA group of thieves has been caught trying to steal a Bansky mural off the side of a Hostomel, Ukraine building. The reclusive grafitti artist has recently visited the war-torn country, leaving a series of murals across multiple towns. Po...Al JazeeraVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGRome: Protests over Russian stage productionThe opera house is pushing back against protests by Ukrainian officials in Italy who insists that highlighting Russian culture during Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine sends the wrong message.EuroNewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGUkrainian locals meet reclusive BanksyFamed grafitti-artist Banksy has confirmed he's completed seven murals across war-torn Ukraine, with one lucky local admitting she invited the secretive artist - whose identity has never been confirmed - into her apartment for instant co...ReutersVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGClimate protesters target Andy Warhol workClimate change activists from the Last Generation group used flour to cover a car once decorated by American pop artist Andy Warhol in Milan. They were demanding an end to fossil fuel burning.EuroNewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGBanksy unveils artwork in war-torn BorodyankaUK-based street artist Banksy has unveiled a new mural in a town near Kyiv. Borodyanka was one of the places hardest hit by Russia's bombardment at the start of the invasion.Al JazeeraVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBanksy mural appears in UkraineWorld-renowned graffiti artist Banksy has unveiled a work in the Ukrainian town of Borodyanka, which had been occupied by Russia until April and heavily damaged by fighting in the early days of Moscow's invasion. Banksy posted a photo of...ReutersVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGLong Watch: Latvia tears down Soviet monumentsA debate is raging in Latvia following a law allowing the demolition of Soviet-era monuments. A concrete obelisk topped by Soviet stars that was the centrepiece of a monument commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany has bee...EuroNewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGPoland removes Russian communist monumentsFour concrete monuments have been dismantled in Poland in a renewed drive to remove symbols of Moscow’s post-World War II domination.EuroNewsVIEWEDNOW PLAYINGKyiv Symphony Orchestra perform in ParisKyiv Symphony Orchestra perform in Paris for the first time since the war .... "I can't just sit and be silent and do my job whatever it is. I need to speak to people. I need to speak to them with music or with words."EuroNews
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALChristie's pulls Lebanese artworks after complaintsLebanese artist Ayman Baalbaki's two paintings have been removed by Christie's auction house this week following complaints, according to emails seen by Reuters. The emails did not specify what the complaints were or who they were from.Reuters
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALShakespeare portrait sent to spaceA portrait of William Shakespeare and a copy of a speech from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" were sent to the edge of space as part of a short film series marking 400 years since the first volume of the playwright's works was published.Reuters
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGEx-director, Andrea, wins Goncourt literary prizeFrance's top literary prize, the Goncourt, was awarded Tuesday to former film director Jean-Baptiste Andrea for his novel "Veiller sur elle" ("Watch Over Her") set in Italy's dark fascist years.France 24
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALArtist Botero, ‘painter of our virtues’, dies aged 91The celebrated Colombian painter and sculptor, Fernando Botero, has died aged 91. Although commercially successful, his work was often looked down on by the art establishment.Al Jazeera
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALProject to tattoo human rights declarationA group of people in the U.K will have one letter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights tattooed on them as part of an international art project meant to celebrate the landmark document and spotlight regions where human rights are...Al Jazeera
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALUsing AI to generate statuesThe "impossible statue", created entirely by artificial intelligence (AI), fuses the signature styles of five master sculptors including Michelangelo, Rodin and Takamura.EuroNews
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALMeet the robot dog 'pooping' art critiquesThe robot terrier is an art piece itself, built to trigger a debate about the use of AI in consuming art.EuroNews
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGGLOBALCoronation concert tops off weekend of pomp and pageantryLionel Richie and Katy Perry have performed at King Charles III's Coronation Concert. The newly-crowned King and royal family joined thousands of people for the grand finale to the weekend of royal events. The stage lights, lasers and dr...Ticker News
VIEWEDNOW PLAYING'Queen Camilla' added to Madame TussaudsMadame Tussauds wax museum in London has added a figure of the soon-to-be-Queen Camilla alongside King Charles III in its Royal Family collection.EuroNews
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGLongest running Broadway show, 'Phantom' closesThe Phantom of the Opera is falling silent. The longest-running stage musical in Broadway history will take its final bow on Sunday - in front of a specially invited audience. Andrew Lloyd Webber's blockbuster show has thrilled theatre f...Al Jazeera
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGCancel culture: Russian artists shunned by WestA year since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian artists and performers say they are victims of cancel culture in the West. Several prominent artists have been shunned and performances have been cancelled. Russia says its artists are being ...Al Jazeera
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGPolice call Anishinaabe forgery world’s biggest art fraudThousands of fake versions of paintings by acclaimed Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau were sold in what Ontario police are calling the world's biggest art fraud. The years-long investigation led to 40 charges against eight people inc...CBC News
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGUkraine to safeguard Banksy worksAfter the attempted theft of one of Banksy's murals in Kyiv, the local government has implemented a new security system to keep the safe and on display when damaged buildings are reconstructed.EuroNews
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGOdesa Museum sheltering paintings and peopleAs Ukraine marks a year of being under attack from Russia, the Odesa Fine Arts Museum is playing its role in providing shelter.EuroNews
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGPolice recover stolen Salvador Dalí paintingsSpanish police recovered two 100-year-old drawings by Salvador Dalí that were stolen during a burglary in Barcelona last year. They arrested three brothers in their 50s and seized the Dalí drawings that were created in 1922 for a book ca...EuroNews
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGUkraine's own Banksy paints Kharkiv rubbleIn Ukraine, he’s thought of as a local “Banksy”. Street artist Gamlet Zinkivsky has painted hundreds of parts of his native Kharkiv partly destroyed in Russian attacks in the early stages of the war. Now, he’s taken two of our reporters ...France 24
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGEgypt recovers 2,700-year-old sarcophagus lidEgypt announced Monday the recovery of a sarcophagus lid dating back nearly 2,700 years that it said had been smuggled out and put on display at a museum in the United States. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry announced the recover...France 24
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGCatherine the Great statue taken down in OdesaOdesa has removed a statue of eighteenth-century Russian empress Catherine the Great from public display as part of a drive to de-Russify Ukraine's cities.EuroNews
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGWinter storms cast frozen artThe Arctic deep freeze and winter storms that recently wreaked havoc across North America left behind some breathtaking frozen sculptures. The 'Simply Scandinavian' gift shop on Lake Michigan in Wisconsin was sealed shut by a Christmas E...CBC News
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGConcerns over AI-generated portraitsSocial media has been flooded with artistic profile photos made by mobile apps like Lensa. The AI-generated images are allowing people to see how they might look in a fantasy world or perhaps a real world from centuries ago. But for some...CBC News
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGUkraine finds stolen Bansky mural, arrest culpritsAuthorities in Ukraine said on Saturday (December 3) they had retrieved a mural by British street artist Banksy, after a group of people tried to take it on Friday by cutting it off a battle-scarred wall in Kyiv region where it was painted.Reuters
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGThieves attempt to steal Banksy mural in UkraineA group of thieves has been caught trying to steal a Bansky mural off the side of a Hostomel, Ukraine building. The reclusive grafitti artist has recently visited the war-torn country, leaving a series of murals across multiple towns. Po...Al Jazeera
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGRome: Protests over Russian stage productionThe opera house is pushing back against protests by Ukrainian officials in Italy who insists that highlighting Russian culture during Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine sends the wrong message.EuroNews
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGUkrainian locals meet reclusive BanksyFamed grafitti-artist Banksy has confirmed he's completed seven murals across war-torn Ukraine, with one lucky local admitting she invited the secretive artist - whose identity has never been confirmed - into her apartment for instant co...Reuters
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGClimate protesters target Andy Warhol workClimate change activists from the Last Generation group used flour to cover a car once decorated by American pop artist Andy Warhol in Milan. They were demanding an end to fossil fuel burning.EuroNews
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBREAKINGBanksy unveils artwork in war-torn BorodyankaUK-based street artist Banksy has unveiled a new mural in a town near Kyiv. Borodyanka was one of the places hardest hit by Russia's bombardment at the start of the invasion.Al Jazeera
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGBanksy mural appears in UkraineWorld-renowned graffiti artist Banksy has unveiled a work in the Ukrainian town of Borodyanka, which had been occupied by Russia until April and heavily damaged by fighting in the early days of Moscow's invasion. Banksy posted a photo of...Reuters
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGLong Watch: Latvia tears down Soviet monumentsA debate is raging in Latvia following a law allowing the demolition of Soviet-era monuments. A concrete obelisk topped by Soviet stars that was the centrepiece of a monument commemorating the Red Army's victory over Nazi Germany has bee...EuroNews
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGPoland removes Russian communist monumentsFour concrete monuments have been dismantled in Poland in a renewed drive to remove symbols of Moscow’s post-World War II domination.EuroNews
VIEWEDNOW PLAYINGKyiv Symphony Orchestra perform in ParisKyiv Symphony Orchestra perform in Paris for the first time since the war .... "I can't just sit and be silent and do my job whatever it is. I need to speak to people. I need to speak to them with music or with words."EuroNews