March 10, 2025

European Art

European Art

Medieval fest, iconic gallery reveal mammoth $2.1m in upgrade plans

Construction has officially started on a massive $1.7m art gallery and cafe extension north of Brisbane, along with $400,000 of infrastructure upgrades to support the southern hemisphere’s largest medieval festival – attracting 25,000 knights and maidens every year. As part of the 2022-23 State Budget, the State Government committed $2.1 million to the Caboolture Abbey

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Kim Petras brings ‘Feed The Beast’ tour to Nashville’s party-ready Municipal Auditorium

In February 2023, German-born pop star Kim Petras was rewarded with a Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Grammy for the world appreciating her and Sam Smith’s desire to engage in “Unholy” acts. Nine months later, as a “Problématique” pop artist attempting to “Feed the Beast” of global superstardom, she visited Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium on Saturday evening,

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Philippe Clement wants longer recovery after European games as Rangers beat Livi

The Rangers boss watched his team run out comfortable 2-0 winners at the Tony Macaroni Arena less than 72 hours after an energy-sapping 2-1 victory over Sparta Prague in the Europa League. Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibernian and the Ibrox side have all had to contend with playing domestic matches on Sunday afternoons after Thursday night European

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Ancient monuments, world class chefs and an arts scene to rival Paris: Welcome to AlUla

With airport expansion plans and new attractions, the ancient city of AlUla could soon be the arts and culture hub of Saudi Arabia. ADVERTISEMENT After decades of being closed to travellers, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is keen to finally welcome tourists. This push to attract visitors is part of the country’s Vision 2030 scheme,

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Khalil Rabah’s imagined museum takes Palestinian plight to Europe

Khalil Rabah has taken his travelling 20-year exhibition to Europe to share the plight of Palestinians. Fondazione Merz is hosting the project, titled Through the Palestinian Museum of Natural History and Humankind, as it makes its debut in Turin, Italy. The exhibition was planned long before the tragic events in Gaza began, but Rabah refused

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A first timer’s guide to Athens

Founded in 508 BCE, Athens is one of the oldest cities in the world and it’s regularly touted as one of the Mediterranean’s best capital cities to visit. From the iconic Parthenon and the unique street art rivaling that of Berlin to the city’s glittering coastline, there’s so much to see and do in this ancient

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Domestic Cats Have Wiped Out the Scottish Wildcat. Only ‘Hybrid Swarm’ Remains

Slashdot reader sciencehabit writes: The Scottish wildcat–a fierce, solitary feline with striking stripes and a legendary reputation in Scotland–may be extinct, due to breeding with domestic cats. Domestic cats and European wildcats (a species to which the Scottish wildcat belongs) shared Europe for more than 2000 years without interbreeding, according to a new study. But

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Cultural digest: Don’t miss these events in Europe this week

Parisian photography, a new JR art installation, and the return of disco dance queen Dua Lipa. ADVERTISEMENT It’s been another eventful week, with a Picasso painting selling for a record-setting €130 million at auction, the European Film Academy revealing its nominees for the 36th European Film Awards (EFAs) and a crime involving a golden toilet.  But

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On Advancing a Conservative Aesthetics ━ The European Conservative

Earlier this year, in a series of emails, I had the privilege of discussing the state of conservative aesthetics with Jane Clark Scharl, a poet, playwright, and former editor here at The European Conservative. At the time, I was a research fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University, where I was part of

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the company with nine lives

The office space company WeWork filed for bankruptcy this week. But it isn’t the first time the company has been in difficult financial straits. FT Edit asked Elaine Moore, who has followed the co-working company for years, to give us her inside take. WeWork’s spectacular life cycle spans a $47bn valuation, collapse, revival and now

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