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,

Bob Thompson died of a heroin overdose in 1966, a few weeks shy of his twenty-ninth birthday. In the course of the previous eight years, he’d painted more than a thousand pictures: on average, one every three days. God only knows what drove him, but I’d like to imagine that it was a B-minus on

Artur Trawinski. Photo: Tomasz Domżał. Based between Poland and France, Artur Trawinski harbors a strong attachment to Eastern European art, particularly Abstract Expressionism of the 1960s and its Polish practitioners, both emerging and established. Five years ago, the cosmetics entrepreneur founded the nonprofit European ArtEast Foundation with the aim of commissioning and promoting Eastern European

Overlooking the waters of the Grand Canal in Venice, the former home of American art collector Peggy Guggenheim houses one of Italy’s most important collections of 20th century works. Until recently, many of them were at risk from an invisible attacker: acetic acid released by their ageing wooden picture frames. Chemists based in another renowned Italian

Rotterdam’s Market Hall is a successful example of artists and real estate partners coming together to create an inspiring civic space. Many cities have quarters that are widely regarded as cool, but Rotterdam can claim, literally, to have a Cool District. Pronounced “coal” in Dutch, the district was a separate municipality from Rotterdam until 1816,

The tourists and EU bubble workers who throng the streets of Belgium’s capital tend not to associate the European Parliament with contemporary art. And yet, guests who follow the path through the European Union’s history at the Parliament’s visitor centre, and persevere past the videos, interactive games and floor-to-ceiling screen showing headshots of Members of

The Benin Bronzes restitution saga has taken a new turn after the Nigerian government has officially recognised the Oba of Benin (Oba Ewuare II) as the owner and custodian of the artefacts looted in the late 19th century. The announcement came in the form of a Presidential Declaration, released through the official gazette. The official

Kenya: Kibera Fashion Week Art is a universal language that all peoples of the world understand and speak. Whether poetry, music and even fashion, art creates links and helps to overcome prejudice. Art fosters inclusion, respect, dignity and freedom of expression. Thanks in part to the European Union (EU), there are special places around the

A tiny mahogany slipcase of microscope slides on display at the Yale University Art Gallery raises issues of conquest, colonialism, and empire. The slipcase, created in the workshop of a Dutch diamond merchant and gem setter in the early 19th century, houses a set of 24 microscope slides of flora, fauna, and minerals collected from South