Summary Europe is a treasure trove of art and culture, with each city showcasing its own masterpieces and artistic legacy. London, Paris, and Milan are among the top European cities for art lovers, with renowned museums and galleries housing works by legendary artists. From ancient wonders like the Colosseum in Rome to the modern art
In February 1780, an Englishman arrived in Madras, weary and sick from his year-long journey to India. As a small boat took him ashore, he was struck by the clear blue sky, the bright sandy beach and the flat-roofed white buildings in the distance – a sharp contrast to his hometown, London. These were the
Share this article via whatsapp Share this article via twitter Share this article via facebook Share this article via messenger Looking for culture? (Picture: Getty) There’s nothing quite like a city for getting your art fix. Some cities trump others though, being artier and offering more to see. Which is best is up for debate,
BerlinGetty Images 6. Berlin Berlin is a contemporary art lover’s dream. A long weekend – or an entire week, if you’ve got the stamina – can be wiled away just in the German capital’s spectacular galleries and museums. The open-air East Side Gallery houses the largest continuous section of the Berlin Wall. At the same
Cultural employment – current state and latest developments In 2022, cultural employment accounted for 3.8 % of total employment in the EU, (equal to 7.7 million people), ranging from 1.5 % in Romania to 5.4 % in the Netherlands. Overall, cultural employment accounted for a higher share of total employment in western and northern Member States than in
More than 2,000 Russian artists and other creatives have condemned the Ukraine war in the past 18 months — and many of them now live in the West. The culture-drain began long before Russian president Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last February, but Russia’s new level of aggression is swelling the flow of emigration.
While Picasso found inspiration in the primitive art of his native Spain, it was after he encountered African art in Paris that the painter completed his Demoiselles d’Avignon in 1907, a revolutionary work that redefined art and propelled Cubism. In that composition, completed when he was just 26 years old, Picasso abandoned the bourgeois notions of
Just as Britain’s town centres are increasingly alike, with the presence or absence of key chains a ready reckoner of relative affluence, the Galataport is fluent in the international argot of urban regeneration. In the tradition of London’s Bankside/Tate Modern, industrial Bilbao/Guggenheim Bilbao, the Galataport/Istanbul Modern waterside development signals a free, open, modern city, ready
In Europe, during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, European artists had a very strong interest in portraying Biblical accounts. Naturally, as most of these biblical anecdotes and figures relating to Christianity, Europe’s dominant faith during the medieval times, occurred in the Holy Land, artists from the continent, while many of their inscriptions were legible
Book Launch: Comradeship: Curating, Art, and Politics in Post-socialist Europe, Zdenka Badovinac in conversation with Ana Janevski DateFebruary 15, 2019, 7pm e-flux 311 East Broadway New York, NY 10002USA Join us at e-flux to celebrate the launch of Zdenka Badovinac’s new book Comradeship: Curating, Art, and Politics in Post-socialist Europe published by ICI. The evening will feature a