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Art or porn? Youtube censor for Juan Francisco Casas

('ckb',) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:30:00 -0000

'The truth is that it is a little outrageous that a suggestive image of a breast could be shocking in 2011,' complains the Andalusian artist Juan Francisco Casas. In March, youtube censored a video which contained images of his works, which are photos and art taken always with a close entourage

Frank Bouroullec: 'There aren’t many people with the balls to paint live'

('Naomi R',) — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:27:37 -0000

The renowned French speed artist, 43, is no 'painter', he’s a 'performer'. Nor does he 'work'; he 'gets his kicks'. A non-speed interview with a man who has painted live portraits of the likes of Eva Longoria and George Clooney upside down and in under four minutes

Tribute to Polish poster designer Franciszek Starowieyski

('Lydia Bigos',) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:15:44 -0000

On 23 February 2009, Poland said goodbye to one of its most prominent artists, who died aged 79 in Warsaw. Here, we republish an extract of an interview with the award-winning painter and stage designer, aka ‘Jan Byk’

What is the 'EuroMillions' pan-European lottery draw?

('rhiannon_nicolson',) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:46:21 -0000

200 million Europeans in nine different countries have the chance to become rich thanks to a lottery which celebrated its fifth birthday on 13 February 2009

Laura Cesana: 'There should be more Erasmus programmes for teachers'

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0000

A linguist and voyager, the Italian painter transported her Jewish origins from the United States to Portugal, where her multiple identities are exhibited by a flourishing brushstroke

Nicolae Comanescu: painting with dust in Bucharest

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:33:00 -0000

In the truest sense of the words, the Romanian artist, 39, produces art from the dusty rubble of his home city