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Sudanese Artists Fight to Keep Making Work

A group of Sudanese artists who lost everything in the war and found themselves in a camp for the displaced inside a school, have been turning hardship into opportunity.

Al Jazeera

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Art Basel returns to Hong Kong in 2024

The five-day fair in Hong Kong will see 242 international galleries exhibiting and potential buyers visiting from across the world. In 2022, Chinese buyers accounted for 17% of global art sales, but can they keep the momentum amid the ec...

Bloomberg

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How the war has transformed Ukraine's identity

Since the Russia's invasion two years ago, Ukraine has seen interest grow in its cultural identity. And many with creative media backgrounds have been offering their skills in the war effort, as an act of cultural resistance.

Al Jazeera

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Golden Bear win for 'Dahomey' highlights looted African art

"Dahomey", a documentary by Franco-Senegalese director Mati Diop probing the thorny issues surrounding Europe's return of looted antiquities to Africa, won the Berlin film festival's top prize.

France 24

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West Bank museum showcases Gazan artists

In solidarity with the war-torn people of Gaza, an "ongoing artistic demonstration" has been set up at the Palestinian Museum in Ramallah, in what the organizers say is "an alternative platform for the voices of Gazans." Most cultural sp...

France 24

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More arrests over graffiti covered high-rise in L.A.

The building, located at 12th and South Flower streets, made headlines in recent weeks due to the extensive tagging that occurred on its exterior, on roughly 25 floors.

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Rio Carnival: Women are breaking into bate-bolas

In extravagant costumes and beating balls against the ground, the 'bate-bolas' of Rio's carnival have in the past been almost exclusively male, but women are increasingly breaking into this once highly macho tradition.

France 24

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Brazil on dengue fever alert ahead of Carnival

Just days ahead of Carnival, with millions of tourists expected, Brazil is on high alert amid a surge in cases of dengue fever. The cities Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have declared a public health emergency, and opened dedicated treatme...

France 24

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Meet the Palestinian artist turning rubble into canvas

A Palestinian artist is turning the rubble and ruins of Gaza into a canvas, as art remains the only form of expression available. Amal Abu al-Sabah, 26, fled to the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip after the Israel-Hamas conflict...

Al Jazeera

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Using AI to generate statues

The "impossible statue", created entirely by artificial intelligence (AI), fuses the signature styles of five master sculptors including Michelangelo, Rodin and Takamura.

EuroNews

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Meet the robot dog 'pooping' art critiques

The robot terrier is an art piece itself, built to trigger a debate about the use of AI in consuming art.

EuroNews

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Coronation concert tops off weekend of pomp and pageantry

Lionel 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...

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'Queen Camilla' added to Madame Tussauds

Madame 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.

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Longest running Broadway show, 'Phantom' closes

The 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

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Cancel culture: Russian artists shunned by West

A 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

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Ukraine to safeguard Banksy works

After 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.

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Odesa Museum sheltering paintings and people

As Ukraine marks a year of being under attack from Russia, the Odesa Fine Arts Museum is playing its role in providing shelter.

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Ukraine's own Banksy paints Kharkiv rubble

In 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

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Catherine the Great statue taken down in Odesa

Odesa 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.

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Winter storms cast frozen art

The 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...

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Thieves attempt to steal Banksy mural in Ukraine

A 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

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Rome: Protests over Russian stage production

The 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.

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Ukrainian locals meet reclusive Banksy

Famed 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...

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Climate protesters target Andy Warhol work

Climate 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.

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Banksy unveils artwork in war-torn Borodyanka

UK-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

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Banksy mural appears in Ukraine

World-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

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Long Watch: Latvia tears down Soviet monuments

A 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...

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Poland removes Russian communist monuments

Four concrete monuments have been dismantled in Poland in a renewed drive to remove symbols of Moscow’s post-World War II domination.

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Kyiv Symphony Orchestra perform in Paris

Kyiv 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."

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London lights up in support of Ukraine

A light show was organised in support of Ukraine at the Greenwich-Docklands International Festival in London.

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