Culture

Everybody Still Loves a Museum

23 December 2013

In an age of electronic distractions, the appeal of a museum persists. Landmarks like the Louvre in Paris attract growing attendance, while emerging nations are building more museums to burnish their cultural standing on the global stage.

Funding tap opens for European culture

09 December 2013

Even in these days of tight purse-strings, the European Parliament has sent an encouraging signal to the continent’s creative communities: Nearly €1.5 billion will be distributed through the Creative Europe program over the next seven years, and overall arts funding will increase by almost 10 percent.

Europe's Nordic Cultural Hotspots

02 December 2013

Lovely Riga, on Estonia’s Baltic coast, and scholarly Umeå, just 400 kilometers south of the Arctic Circle in Sweden, have been chosen to showcase the arts and culture that make the continent unique as Europe’s twin Capitals of Culture for 2014.

Jack the Dripper

25 November 2013

The artist some called “Jack the Dripper” triggered one of the longest-standing debates over the authenticity of modern art. The dispute also challenged the supremacy of connoisseurs who claim intuitively to “know” an artist’s style.