Holy Week in Spain – in pictures
Tens of thousands of worshippers fill rooftops, bridges and narrow streets of Seville in southern Spain to watch as images of Jesus and the Virgin...
Category : Art and design
Vatican puts ‘God’s architect’ Antoni Gaudí on path to sainthood
Pope Francis recognises the ‘heroic virtues’ of the creator of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família basilica in first step of process He’s long been nicknamed “God’s architect”...
‘That serene Scandinavian facade, yet there’s terror underneath’: artist unveils design for Norwegian national memorial to 22 July attacks
A 12-metre high mosaic will show the reflection of a wading bird native to Utøya island, where Anders Breivik murdered 69 people in 2011 Fourteen...
Beethoven and Marie Curie compete with birds to appear on new euro notes
European Central Bank picks two themes for redesign submissions: ‘iconic personalities’ or rivers and birds He was a master of notes, and now the German...
Louvre’s decision to move Mona Lisa is a misguided act of snobbery
Crowds give life to the Paris museum and the painting is a silent, compelling mystery at the heart of the hubbub What a wonderful headache...
Carl Bloch’s lost masterpiece Prometheus Unbound finds fame again in Athens
Work that made its creator a superstar then mysteriously disappeared is mesmerising art lovers once more It was commissioned by a Greek king, made its...
David Hockney unveils unseen work for major Paris retrospective
Exclusive: William Blake-inspired artwork to feature alongside new paintings in artist’s biggest exhibition A previously unseen painting by David Hockney has been revealed for the...
Oliviero Toscani, photographer behind provocative Benetton ads, dies aged 83
Tributes paid to Italian known for images that drew attention to social themes including HIV/Aids and racism Tributes have been paid to Oliviero Toscani, the...
Icelandic fishing giant Samherji sues art student for spoofing corporate website
High court told ‘culture-jammed’ apology for high-profile corruption scandal ‘did not qualify as parody’ Iceland’s biggest fishing company is suing an art student at London’s...
Portal installations linking Dublin to New York City reopen after shutdown
Two installations host a 24/7 live stream in both cities, but a small number of visitors initially abused the opportunity The live video portal linking...
