Youtube video artists turn heads

A new exhibition at The Guggenheim Museum reveals winners of a worldwide competition of video art submitted via YouTube. more »

Culture
Published: 27/10/2010

Colosseum’s dungeons open to public

Tourists will soon be able to get a gladiator-eye view of Rome’s Colosseum, as the dungeons and the upper third tier of the world's most famous fighting arena open to the public. more »

Culture
Published: 26/10/2010

Nobel Prize for Literature: European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, congratulates Mario Vargas Llosa

The President of the European Commission said, “With this Nobel Prize, the international community acknowledges the fruitful work of one of the best writers of our times. more »

Culture
Published: 08/10/2010

Commissioner Vassiliou congratulates the cities preselected in Spain for the title of “European Capital of Culture 2016”

At its four-day meeting in Madrid, the selection panel appointed to assess the cities applying to be a European Capital of Culture in 2016 recommended that the following be preselected from a fiercely competitive field: Burgos, Córdoba, Donostia-San Sebastián, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Segovia and Zaragoza. more »

Culture
Published: 01/10/2010

Ancient pre-Inca royals uncovered

Archaeologists in Peru discover a burial site from an ancient civilization that predates the Incas and would have been in existence near the time of Christ. more »

Culture
Published: 03/09/2010

World tango festival in full swing

The World Cup Tango competition gets under way in Buenos Aires. more »

Culture
Published: 24/08/2010

Artist perfects the breast stroke

An amateur artist from St. Petersburg, Russia, offers paintings which she creates with her breasts. more »

Culture
Published: 03/08/2010

Europe's summer culture crop

Summer is the season for cultural festivals. With a bumper harvest of cultural events out there, what better time of year to head off and sample the exceptional places and world-class artists that Europe has to offer? more »

Culture
Published: 02/08/2010

Dalai Lama blesses giant Buddha

The Dalai Lama inaugurates a 106-foot-tall Buddha statue in India's Kashmir. more »

Culture
Published: 29/07/2010

LUX film prize: 3-film shortlist for 2010

Akadimia Platonos, Die Fremde and Illégal were the three films shortlisted on Tuesday for the European Parliament's 2010 LUX film prize, during an event at the Venice International Film Festival. more »

Culture
Published: 28/07/2010

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