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Apr 14, 2026 at 17:50 990

Bye, bye Orbán! Péter Magyar and his Tisza party win a two-thirds majority in the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election

Bye, bye Orban! Péter Magyar (*1981) and his oppositional Tisza party win a two-thirds majority in the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election—despite all of Viktor Orbán’s (*1963) repeated gerrymandering, the control of roughly 80% of the media in Hungary, and repeated election handouts to retirees and rural residents, who make up his core constituency. On April 12, 2026 the...

Apr 06, 2026 at 19:15 Gustave Courbet: realist and rebel

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 reality of his time the...

Apr 05, 2026 at 16:02 Félicien Rops: Laboratory of Lust

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 comfort zones. They...

Mar 11, 2026 at 11:10 Global Nuremberg 1300-1600

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 Nuremberg (Nürnberg)...

Mar 01, 2019 at 00:00 1649

Directory of Theatres Worldwide

Directory of Theaters / Theater weltweit Austria, Österreich, Autriche – Bregenz: Theater Kosmos, Bregenz, Vorarlberger Landestheater Bregenz – Graz: Theater Graz, Theater im...

Mar 01, 2019 at 00:00 2440

Directory of non-governmental organizations worldwide

Non-governmental organizations NGOs, ORGs worldwide / Denkfabriken, weltweit / fondations, laboratoires d’idées du monde...

Mar 01, 2019 at 00:00 2511

Directory of theatres worldwide

Austria, Österreich, Autriche – Bregenz: Theater Kosmos, Bregenz, Vorarlberger Landestheater Bregenz – Graz: Theater Graz, Theater im Bahnhof, Graz – Insbruck:...

Feb 25, 2019 at 19:37 1079

Labour ready for a second referendum

Finally, the official leader of the UK parliamentary opposition, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, has come to his senses. According to a BBC news article, later today, February 25, 2019 he will...

Feb 23, 2019 at 14:48 1228

Young People and the Future of News

Over almost a decade, Lynn Schofield Clark and Regina Marchi have tried to find answers to the growing dissatisfaction of young people in the United States with traditional news media,...

Feb 23, 2019 at 12:00 3261

The Young Picasso: Blue and Rose Periods

Until May 26, 2019 you can visit the outstanding exhibition The Young Picasso: Blue and Rose Periods at Fondation Beyeler in...

Feb 15, 2019 at 13:37 2613

Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has called early general elections

Today, February 15, 2019 Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has called early general elections for April 28, 2019....

Jan 28, 2019 at 16:00 2498

Ashurbanipal

On his ascent to the throne in 669 BC, the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal was the most powerful individual on the planet. From his capital in Nineveh, situated east of the River Tigris in the...

Jan 25, 2019 at 14:22 1343

Theresa May should stop digging because she is already in a hole

After the Brexit vote, when Theresa May took over the job as prime minister from David Cameron, she famously said: Brexit means...

Jan 24, 2019 at 16:11 3479

Sibelius Symphonies 1-7 with Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic

Since his first days as a conductor, Sir Simon Rattle has been a Sibelius fan. In December 2014 and February 2015, celebrating...

Nov 23, 2018 at 18:07 1839

Turkey’s economic future looks grim

Turkey’s economic future looks grim President Erdogan’s and the AKP’s wins in the 2018 presidential and...

Nov 01, 2018 at 16:39 3652

Psychoanalyst meets Marina Abramovic

In August 2015, Marina Abramovic and the Swiss psychoanalist Jeannette Fischer met at the artist’s Hudson house for four days, wired up with microphones. Those recordings form the...

Sep 03, 2018 at 16:39 3201

Andy Warhol. Drag & Draw: The Unknown Fifties

Nina Schleif has written a book on Andy Warhol’s early years entitled Andy Warhol. Drag & Draw: The Unknown...

Aug 01, 2018 at 12:20 2548

100% Green Dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel, Paris

Since July 2015, the elegant Shangri-La Hotel, Paris hosts its vegan 100% Green Dinners on the first Thursday of each month....

Jul 15, 2018 at 18:06 2000

Monet and Architecture

The Credit Suisse-sponsored exhibition Monet & Architecture (Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr) at the National Gallery in London ends on July 29, 2018. Over 20 years...

Jul 08, 2018 at 17:57 1470

A Vision Shared by Hank O’Neal

The photo book A Vision Shared by Hank O’Neal was first published in 1976 (order the 2017 re-issue from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de). It documents efforts...