Eurovision organisers EBU have called out ‘targeted social media campaigns’ against artists amid reported death threats for Israeli representative Eden Golan. ADVERTISEMENT The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), who organise the Eurovision Song Contest, has released a statement condemning the “targeted social media campaigns” against competitors, amid reports of threats against Israeli singer Eden Golan. EBU

Robyn and Fever Ray are among the Swedish artists who previously called for Israel to be excluded from Eurovision. Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Per Ole Hagen/Redferns, Joseph Okpako/WireImage Back in January, more than 1,000 Swedish musicians signed an open letter asking for Israel to be excluded from Eurovision, which Sweden is hosting in May. The letter,

Eastern European art is defined by multiplicity of perspectives that reflect the region’s rich history, complex socio-political landscape, and cultural diversity. Here’s a run-through of nine major 2024 exhibitions that offer international audiences the opportunity to engage with contemporary expressions of the region. guest curated by Dr Flavia Frigeri This exhibition connects the works of

From designers reimagining the use of knitwear to entrepreneurs challenging the alcohol industry with frozen drinks, here are the young innovators creating the future fashion, art and food in Europe. By Simone Melvin, Kristin Stoller and Julie Goldenberg When Paolina Russo started her eponymous fashion brand, the odds were stacked against her. Newly graduated from

Artists from six European countries come to Europavox Festival Bucharest in April Europavox Festival Bucharest, an event aiming to highlight some of the newest and most interesting live music acts from all across Europe, returns to Control Club this spring for its fourth edition. Artists from six European countries, along with two up-and-coming local bands,

The Executive Committee of the European Gymnastics decides to cancel the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in ‘Israel’. Petra Furac of Croatia competes in the Women’s Balance Beam during the European Gymnastics Championships in Munich, Germany, on Thursday, August 11, 2022. (AP) The 2025 European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics will no longer be hosted by “Israel”

Burna Boy tops the list for most popular African artist A recent rating from Congo to Global, a platform which celebrates and promotes Pan-African history and African pop culture has ruled out any Ghanaian musician as a popular artiste across Europe, UK and US. The rating placed Nigeria’s Burna Boy as the leading most popular

William Blake’s Universe, the new (free) exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, is a celebration of work by the Romantic artist, writer and visionary. Famous now but little known in his lifetime, Blake (1757-1827) has been given star billing by Tate Britain recently. But at the Fitzwilliam, he is made to share the spotlight

Dora Carrington, Iris Tree on a Horse Compton Compton Verney, a stately home turned art museum in Warwickshire, is set in 120 acres of Grade II listed classical parkland, designed by Lancelot “Capability” Brown, the most eminent landscape architect of the eighteenth-century. The property also houses the only Capability Brown designed chapel. In 1993, Sir

In an alarming incident, artists from the New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts, the world’s leading classical Chinese dance company and a significant thorn in the side of the repressive Chinese Communist Party (CCP), experienced what can only be described as a violation of their civil liberties upon returning to the U.S. from their European