At least 15 people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, including 10 dead in ballistic missile strikes on an exhibition near Kyiv showcasing drone technology. Writing on social media, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said some 100 people had been injured in the daytime attack on the exhibition, attended by prominent members of the…
The Athens Photo Festival is the largest international photography event in Greece. This year, 70 artists and artistic collectives from 30 countries are taking part in the main exhibition, which unfolds across 3,000 square metres, occupying all the spaces of the Benaki Museum on Pireos. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT With a clear focus on contemporary photographic creation,…
Gorillaz have announced that their ‘House Of Kong’ exhibition is heading to New York for a limited run. The immersive exhibition first launched in London last year and invites fans inside the fictional world of the band, exploring 25 years of Gorillaz history, artwork, music, characters and mythology. Billed as a chance to “peek behind the curtain into the unseen world…
Denmark’s Den Gamle By (National Open-Air Museum of Urban History and Culture) is celebrating after winning the coveted European Museum of the Year Award. The Aarhus based arts centre collected the title on Saturday night at the EMYA award’s ceremony in Bilbao, Spain. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Presenting the prize, EMYA’s co-chair and jury member Daniëlle Kuijten…
When was the last time you visited a museum? What exhibitions or experiences left a lasting impression on you? The answers to these questions will possibly determine who wins this year’s prestigious European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA). ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Established in 1997, the EMYAs celebrate excellence, innovation, humanitarianism and sustainability. Last year’s winner,…
If the recent heatwave had you unable to do anything but melt, moan and eat ice cream, here’s hoping this new batch of suggestions can entice you back outside – or into an air conditioned venue. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT From exhibitions celebrating the centenary of Marlyn Monroe’s birth to ’80s superheroes powering up the big screen,…
There’s an unsettling moment in Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon, a new exhibition opening in Los Angeles this weekend, where some of the star’s last recorded words emanate from the gallery walls. Her voice, gentle and unassuming, is taken from a restored audio recording of her final interview, published in Life magazine the day before she…
Published on 05/05/2026 – 8:28 GMT+2 The annual Met Gala always grabs the headlines as fashion’s great, good, bad and ugly mix in an eye-popping spectacle of haute couture and viral moments. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This year’s event was perhaps overshadowed however by an absence of stars who opted to stay away in protest at its…
Over the next month, if you take a ferry from the center of Venice to the island of Giudecca and walk into a former 15th-century convent, you will find yourself figuratively plunging underwater. The haunting songs of humpback whales will flow around you. A fish will sing its evensong from the sea grass meadows of…
Originally scheduled for The Sheen Center, the exhibition now opens in the parish in partnership with Xavier High School, following concerns about the work NEW YORK — The Church of St. Francis Xavier and Xavier High School have stepped in to present “Nicholas Leeper, SJ: Twilight of the Idols,” an exhibition originally scheduled at the Sheen…
