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Mister Cat graffiti: from Paris to Sarajevo

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Yellow smile (Photo: ©lesplacards/ Flickr)

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

FEATURE

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

AGENDA

‘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

FEATURE
Cédric Ragot (Photo: DR)

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

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

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

AGENDA

August culture vulture

Despite a slow start to the summer weatherwise, Europe’s festivals – even outdoor festivals – are in full blossom. THE event overwiew for August

by Karsten Marhold // 02/08/07

FEATURE
View from the museum construction site onn the Acropolis (Photo: AK)

European heritage battle

At the foot of the Acropolis, a new museum is undergoing construction – but something important is missing: the British Museum is not prepared to return pieces of the world-famous Parthenon frieze to Athens

by Anna Karla // 10/07/07

AGENDA

July culture vulture

Between Italian jazz and Nordic tango, Slovenian saxophone and Scottish rock, Spanish bull running and German contemporary art – check out the July issue of our Vultures for Culture calendar

by Jannik Pfister // 04/07/07

REPORT
Gabi Jiménez: Caravan-Drying Laundry (Photo: Pim de Kuijer)

Of Roma art and Charlie Chaplin

On 7 June the Venice Biennale saw the grand opening of ‘Paradise Lost’, its first Roma Pavilion. Gipsy kitsch, or the artistic emancipation of an oppressed people?

by Pim de Kuijer // 17/06/07

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