Bye, bye Orban! Péter Magyar (*1981) and his oppositional Tisza party win a two-thirds majority in the 2026 Hungarian...

The French painter Gustave Courbet (1819–1877), born into a wealthy farming family in a provincial town, revolutionized the pictorial language of 19th-century art by making the visual...

Even in today’s sexualized world, the erotic and pornographic works of the master of Belgian Symbolism, Félicien Rops (1833–1898), have the power to lure audiences out of their...

Already since September 25, 2025 and only until March 22, 2026 Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg shows the exhibition GLOBAL Nuremberg 1300–1600. It explains how the city of...

The Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (German biography) has been rightly eliminated, as part of a total of 48 key Iranian...

The œuvre of Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) builds a bridge between Impressionism (German article) and abstraction. The French painter is one of the pioneers of modern art. Pablo Picasso went as...

Last year, the peace promoting Komeito, a party affiliated with the Soka Gakkai religious movement, ended its long-time coalition...

The Dresden Residenzschloss (castle or Royal Palace) hosts many treasures, including the world famous jewelry collection of the...

Greenland is only mentioned twice in the famous publication entitled Project 2025. Presidential Transition Project aka Mandate...

Donald Trump is not the first U.S. president to want to buy Greenland. But he went even further and repeatedly did not rule out...

Operation Absolute Resolve against Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela was successful in the sense that the dictator and his complicit...

The French model, actress, singer and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot (September 28, 1934—December 28, 2025) became a sensation in the United States in 1957 thanks to her film And...

On December 19, the European Union summit regarding aid for Ukraine ended with mixed result. On the positive side, the EU agreed...

Already since September 4, 2025 and until January 18, 2026 the Leopold Museum in Vienna presents the exhibition Hidden Modernism:...

Switzerland perceives itself as a neutral state. Many Swiss think that their country was not involved in colonialism. But an exhibition at the Swiss National Museum Zurich (Schweizerisches...

The worldfamous Benin Bronzes in the British Museum are part of thousands of artefacts looted in 1897 by the British army in Benin City, the capital of the Kingdom of Benin, located in what...

Together with Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari is probably the most famous name in the world of cars. In a new, lavishly illustrated TASCHEN book, the writer and journalist Pino Allievi explains...

From September 26, 2025 until January 18, 2026 the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur in Münster is showing the exhibition Kirchner. Picasso. Subsequently, the show will travel to the...

Together with Nova Gorica in Slovenia and Gorizia in Italy, Chemnitz is the European Capital of Culture 2025. In this context, the exhibition Edvard Munch. Angst at Kunst Sammlungen...

On September 28, 2025 some 3,3 million voters had the right to vote in the 2025 Moldovan parliamentary election. Over 800,000 of...