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Image : Macedonia: art is driving force of national identity (16 images)

Macedonia: art is driving force of national identity (16 images)

FOCUS museum : View from Belgrade's historical museum: Serbia, Europe and obsessions with history

View from Belgrade's historical museum: Serbia, Europe and obsessions with history

The EU is not a compromise on the dream of a proud, independent Serbia, but rather the affirmation of it. The extremists behind such events as the nationalist riots at the gay pride march in October are merely the Serbian answer to a fringe movement in every country that gets louder when the uncertain future requires change. In other countries, radicals might cite immigration or the economy as their cause. In Serbia, they use history

by Aaron Rowlands @ // 21/02/11

museum, gay pride, belgrade, serbia, kosovo, european union, society

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Image : Swastika, teen sex, graffiti: Europe's censored art (8 images)

Swastika, teen sex, graffiti: Europe's censored art (8 images)

AGENDA museum : Optimistic ideas for a low-cost August

Optimistic ideas for a low-cost August

If your work or your wallet are forcing you to stay at home…congratulations! Seriously, congratulations. Let's be positive - you have spared yourself from traffic jams, excess baggage, queues for beach bars and air traffic controllers

by Laura Prieto @ // 16/08/10

museum, money, spain, economical crisis, cities, beach, vacation

INTERVIEW museum : Ars Homo Erotica: 'bring the toilet to Warsaw national museum'

Ars Homo Erotica: 'bring the toilet to Warsaw national museum'

Before the Euro pride parade on 17 July, exhibition curator Pawel Leszkowicz talks lesbian art, punching viewers in faces and explains why art and the Polish capital's largest museum is a live nerve of democracies

by Emilie Prattico @ // 16/07/10

museum, sex, censorship, homosexuality, warsaw, ars homo erotica, sexism

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Image : Ars Homo Erotica exhibition shakes up Poland (8 images)

Ars Homo Erotica exhibition shakes up Poland (8 images)

ANALYSIS museum : Private parts

Private parts

We stand on the doorstep of a subject which is a lot more intimate than we think. Here is the key to another dimension of European integration - a small dictionary of sexual terminology

by Aleksandra Sygiel @ // 26/05/10

museum, tower of babel, sex, languages, sex, parity, animals

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Image : Hungarian French artist Victor Vasarely museum under threat of closure

Hungarian French artist Victor Vasarely museum under threat of closure

PANORAMA museum : South Italy tempts its tourists back

South Italy tempts its tourists back

In recent years the South of Italy has witnessed a decline in its tourist industry. Now, tourists are returning to hidden spots such as the awe-inspiring Castelvenere grotto, said to be the birthplace of Cupid. A guided visit into oblivion

by marzia modesto @ // 09/09/09

museum, architecture, italy, monument, wine, tourism, greece

AGENDA museum : Culture in November: cinema, reflection, competition

Culture in November: cinema, reflection, competition

From cinema in Barcelona and Stockholm, to photography and Picasso in Paris, a line up of events that will get you thinking - monthly guide

by Jesús Ramírez Morales @ // 22/10/08

museum, turin, stockholm, paris, culture calendar, culture

FEATURE museum : The future is death metal-inspired art in Kosovo

The future is death metal-inspired art in Kosovo

Contemporary art is just one bright face of the Kosovo prism, from which the works of the likes of 29-year-old visual artist Artan Balaj refract

by Nabeelah Shabbir @ // 18/03/08

museum, future of europe, racism, non-eu countries, communism, discrimination, serbia

FOCUS museum : Mister Cat graffiti: from Paris to Sarajevo

Mister Cat graffiti: from Paris to Sarajevo

The Mister Cat phenomenon falls somewhere between anonymous marketing and ‘involuntary communication’. Spotted on rooftops from Geneva to New York, the feline seduced passers-by before moving on to museums

by Prune Antoine @ // 04/03/08

museum, cities, frankfurt, amsterdam, street art, france, germany

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‘It’s our History’ exhibition in Brussels

The story of the EU through the real life stories of its inhabitants; an event organised to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome on 25 March 2007

by graziella jost et stella willborn // 25/02/08

museum, multiculturalism, belgium, history, brussels, identity, exposition

FEATURE museum : 1000 and more: Europe's young designers

1000 and more: Europe's young designers

Magazines in auction rooms, high consumption in the art market - trend review

by Anne-Laure Murier @ // 30/01/08

museum, international trade, european commission, capitalism, art, purchasing power, economy

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November pick of Europe's best culture events

From Helsinki avant-garde cinema to factory fairs in Switzerland, your guide on where to be a culture vulture this month

by abla kandalaft // 02/11/07

museum, zurich, slovakia, european tour, animation, brighton, film

AGENDA

October culture vulture

This autumn Europe’s cultural events move indoors, to cinemas and museums. A quick look at October’s culture calendar

by karsten marhold // 04/10/07

museum, cinema, poland, warsaw, budapest, united kingdom, london

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by Anita Kalmane What are your plans the upcoming days? Working all day long? Enjoying the sun and enjoying Summer? Shopping and exploring Brussels? Here is one more thing to add to your list – forget about everything and relax in the Musical Instruments Museum!

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...and what about the Marbles???

Cafebabel.com Athens, launches e-campaign for the return of the Parthenon Marbles. In few hours, the opening of the New Acropolis Museum is about to come. With this museum, Greece fulfills its promise to History. With this museum, the ancient treasures of Acropolis will be well- preserved for the generations ...

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Pick of the Week in London

This is cafebabel london’s choice selection on what's happening in capital in the coming week (23-29 March).

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"Museum night fever" : a night at the museum

Article written by Valya Ivanova and translated by Maïté Dague Brown The second edition of the « Museum night fever » drew more than 6,000 people from all over Europe to Brussels. This year the night of the museums took place on the 7th of March. 14 museums opened their doors ...

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