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Colombia President Petro signs law banning bullfighting

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has enacted a law banning bullfighting, ending a practice that had been constitutionally recognized as part of the country's culture. In front of a crowd gathered at the bullring in the capital Bogota, r...

France 24

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Russia sentences director, playwright for 'justifying terrorism'

A Russian court sentenced a playwright and a theater director each to six years in prison on Monday (July 8) for "justifying terrorism," concluding a trial that rights campaigners had said demonstrated Russia's intolerance of artistic fr...

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Must-see exhibitions during the Paris Olympic Games

For art lovers, the arrival of the Games in Paris is a chance to consider the place of sport in the arts, with new exhibitions at the Louvre, the Marmottan museum of impressionism, and at the Luxembourg Museum.

France 24

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Residents paint murals to brighten the atmosphere in Mexico city

Iz-tapa-lapa is Mexico City's largest district and also one of the most violent and poverty stricken. Residents have taken to painting murals to brighten the districts appearance and tone.

Al Jazeera

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Shakespeare's rare First Folios now shared with public

The Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill, home to the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, will allow the public, to view 82 copies of its “First Folio” editions of the collected works of William Shakespeare, which were printed ...

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In a Greek jail, inmates find freedom in theater

On a stifling summer evening in the Greek capital of Athens, actors take to a stage like no other: a grassy courtyard enclosed by towering prison walls, topped with barbed wire and lit by a floodlight. The performers are inmates, as are ...

Reuters

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Historic Toronto church holding valuable artwork gutted by fire

A four-alarm fire has largely destroyed the historic St. Anne’s Anglican Church in Toronto’s Little Portugal neighbourhood. The flames also destroyed valuable paintings inside, including the only known religious artwork made by the Group...

CBC News

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UK creative industries hit hard by funding cuts

For decades, the UK arts sector has played an important role in the country's cultural influence around the world. But years of funding cuts to universities and arts institutions have shifted the narrative. And with the rising cost of li...

Al Jazeera

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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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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.

EuroNews

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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.

EuroNews

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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.

EuroNews

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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.

EuroNews

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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...

CBC News

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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.

EuroNews

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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...

EuroNews

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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.

EuroNews

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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."

EuroNews

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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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