Articles tagged with: art
Folk art and Soviet-style purges: How Europe’s populists are hijacking arts and culture
02 Jul Member States
Folk art and Soviet-style purges: How Europe’s populists are hijacking arts and culture
Across the EU, far-right and populist governments are defunding museums, censoring artists and stacking cultural institutions with loyalists, often to advance a political ideology.
Art in wartime: An exhibit in Brussels explores the Thirty Years’ War
25 Jul
Art in wartime: An exhibit in Brussels explores the Thirty Years’ War
Brussels' House of European History brings together 150 artworks and objects to tell the story of one of Europe’s longest conflicts.
100 Years of Surrealism: This is not an exhibition
07 Mar
100 Years of Surrealism: This is not an exhibition
"Histoire de ne pas rire" at Brussels’ Bozar looks back on a century of Surrealist creativity in Belgium and beyond.
The politics of looted African art: Decolonising Europe’s museums
19 Feb Foreign & Security Policy
The politics of looted African art: Decolonising Europe’s museums
The history of colonial art restitution is largely one of inaction. But with renewed calls for stolen cultural objects to be returned, are the winds of change blowing through Europe’s museums – or is it just hot air? Sarah Schug reports
These are the art exhibitions to see in Europe this year
13 Feb
These are the art exhibitions to see in Europe this year
Sarah Schug rounds up the most compelling art on display at museums across Europe in 2024
Exhibition review: Turkish artist Burhan Doğançay in Geneva
02 Nov
Exhibition review: Turkish artist Burhan Doğançay in Geneva
Grimy posters stripped from city walls provided the inspiration for the modern artist