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If Gustav Klimt were alive today, he would probably not have Instagram. Or perhaps he would — but with a single image. No caption. Comments disabled. And yet everyone would still spend hours discussing what he meant. Klimt would have enjoyed that. Quietly. From a distance. From model student to elegant
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If Michelangelo Buonarroti were alive today, he would probably despise social media, refuse interviews, argue endlessly with patrons by email, and create his greatest work at three o’clock in the morning — completely alone. And yet, he would still be the same man he was five hundred years ago: difficult,
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In Marseille, a new exhibition explores something that sounds almost mythical: a volcanic island that appeared, caused excitement — and vanished again. At the MuCEM, artists use this forgotten island as a metaphor for much larger questions: migration, borders, belonging, memory. What remains when something is gone? And what stories do
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Europe is quietly stepping back onto the cultural stage — not loudly, not dramatically, but with confidence. In 2026, cities like Oulu in Finland and Trenčín in Slovakia have become Europe’s new cultural capitals. No glitter overload, no forced spectacle — instead, art woven into everyday life: music in public spaces,