In times of conflict, museums have played a vital if often overlooked role in supporting a country. Wars are not just a battle for territory but also for ownership of a nation’s story. Cultural institutions play a powerful part in protecting a country’s identity from erasure and revitalising national identity post-conflict. Now, museums and galleries

An Owasso art student is gaining recognition for her award-winning work. Alexandra Floreac, who won the Fine Art Friday event at Owasso Chamber’s Redbud Festival Days the first week of May, will now see her first-place painting displayed on the walls of the organization’s office. Floreac’s large canvas represents the art show’s theme of “Celebrate

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) has announced the appointment of Dr. Theresa A. Cunningham as the museum’s new assistant curator of European art and the Mellon Collections. “In collaboration with Sylvain Cordier, the museum’s Paul Mellon Curator and Head of the Department of European Art, Theresa will play a key role in the

Austrian actor Helmut Berger, the groundbreaking star of European cinematic masterpieces such as Luchino Visconti‘s “The Damned” and Vittorio De Sica’s “Garden of the Finzi-Continis,” has died at the age of 78. Berger died at home in Austria from natural causes. In one of European cinema’s most storied and creative periods, the 60s and 70s,

The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach has named a Dutch art historian to the expanded position of senior curator of American and European art.  Anke Van Wagenberg, who currently is the senior curator at the Vero Beach Museum of Art, specializes in Dutch and Flemish paintings of the 17th-century Golden Age. She

Thy Art Is Murder recently announced their new record Godlike and now they’ve got a European tour to support it. The tour will be supported by Whitechapel, Fit For An Autopsy, and Spite for maximum heaviness. You can get your tickets here. Please enable Javascript to view this content 9/28 Tilburg, NL @ 139/29 Stuttgart,

Australian deathcore outfit Thy Art Is Murder has announced a European and UK stint to support their upcoming studio album Godlike, which the band will self-release through their very own label. Support for the trek will be handled by Whitechapel, Fit For An Autopsy, & Spite. 09/28 Tilburg, NL @ 01309/29 Stuttgart, DE @ LKA09/30

Conservative European politicians raged over artwork at the European Parliament in Brussels that depicted Jesus Christ delivering the Sermon on the Mount while surrounded by gay men dressed in leather BDSM outfits. The image, which was part of a photography exhibition by lesbian Swedish artist Elisabeth Ohlson that ran in a restricted part of the

  After the Fall of Rome in 476, the grip of Roman culture on Western Europe diminished. Non-Roman states were formed and developed distinct architectural styles, somewhat modeled after Rome as an ideal. Another essential point for early Medieval architecture was Justinian’s reconquering of Italy, which left elements of Byzantine art behind. These elements furthered

Lesbian photographer Elisabeth Ohlson known for reflecting visual minorities in her photos. (Elisabeth Ohlson) An artwork depicting Jesus surrounded by leather-clad muscle daddies, displayed in a corridor of the European Parliament building, has sent right-wing EU officials into a red-faced rage. It’s been branded “vulgar”, “disrespectful” and “blasphemous” by right-wing politicians from Italy and Poland,