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Censoring Oliviero Toscani

In front | INTERVIEW
The 65 year old was born in Milan (Photo: Oliviero Toscani Studio)

'In art transgression is a duty,' says the Italian photographer, author of the latest shock campaign with French anorexic model Isabelle Caro. 'Brussels don't want to know a thing about my European vision'

by Elisa Marengo // 29/11/07

ANALYSIS

Mikhail Gorbachev does Louis Vuitton

Politicians in advertising, advertising in politics – an ambivalent relationship

by Isabel Hummel // 28/11/07

ANALYSIS
'The beer which tingles so nicely' (Photo: ©Schöfferhofer)

German TV adverts: stEurotypes

In adverts, stereotypes of countries and nations are often exploited to commercialise certain products – a trip through German television

by Jessica Karagöl (+KK) // 28/11/07

REVIEW
(Photo: Éditions Vuibert)

Europe – a bad brand?

Unfocussed, unattractive, lacking a strategy? French marketing expert Georges Lewi lays all bare in his new book

by Luisa Seeling // 28/11/07

Curt Ficcions: 35mm short film to zero

The Academy of Spanish Cinema undermine short films by excluding the medium from the world of television. Spanish short films are currently airing in francophone territories

by Marta Palacín // 21/11/07

ANALYSIS
Histoire-Geschichte, Franco-German history book that made history (Photo: ©Klett editions)

Hungaro-Slovak history textbook: keep dreaming

The project proposed by a joint committee of historians is chalked for the beginning of 2008 but is charged with problematics

by Bálint Ablonczy // 20/11/07

REVIEW

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

(Photo: Filippo Lubrano)

David Le Breton: defining Italians by sight and taste

A very personal journey through a Europe of five (or six) senses with the French anthropologist and sociology professor

by Filippo Lubrano // 26/10/07

FEATURE
Greece (Photo: MR)

Komikazen: European comics go independent

The third international festival of reality comics is underway. It's a new kind of neo-realism with innovative trends, small budgets and international celebrities

by Marco Riciputi // 25/10/07

PANORAMA

Your ‘vintage man’ order has been received, issue no. 458

Not overly handsome, but wickedly sophisticated. Neither being excessively ribbed in the torso department, nor metro-sexual in the feminine sense, here is a whistle stop tour of five 'vintage' men, all of who are ‘made in Europe’

by Hélène Rançon // 24/10/07

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"Schism" vs. "Fitna"

In response to Geert Wilders anti-Quran movie “Fitna”, several movies have been created displaying the bible as a work inciting violence which use the same methods as Wilders uses against Islam. However, their goal is not to inflame hatred against Christianity, but to reveal the manipulations affected by “Fitna”.

by mrt // 01/05/08

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May event guide for Vilnius

May welcomes us with long holidays, which are devoted to Workers' day. Of course, we can' forget Mother's Day, then - Europe's day. On these days tickets to opera or ballet, concert or theater can create festive mood - it's a great opportunity before the cultural season is over ...

by Indre // 30/04/08




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