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Art & Culture Press Releases & News distributed via EuropaWire

2 200 hairdressers and salons owners gathered in Cannes for the 3-day L’Oréal Professionnel Business Forum

Clichy, 16-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — 2 200 hairdressers and salons owners from 63 countries are gathered in Cannes for the 3-day L’Oréal Professionnel Business Forum (14-16 September), a unique event of business and artistic contents to raise the standard of the … Read the full press release

Ausstellung: DZ BANK Kunstsammlung „Déjà-vu in der Fotokunst“, 15 September – 21 November 2015

FRANKFURT, 7-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Die aktuelle Ausstellung der DZ BANK Kunstsammlung „Déjà-vu in der Fotokunst“ zeigt vom 15. September bis 21. November 2015 rund 50 Arbeiten von 18 zeitgenössischen Fotokünstlern aus fünf Ländern, die sich motivisch oder inhaltlich auf bekannte Bilder der … Read the full press release

Lufthansa’s Ju 52 placed under protection by the Office of Historic Monuments of the Hamburg Cultural Authority

COLOGNE, 24-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — It is one of the oldest passenger planes in the world still flying. Its many admirers at home and abroad lovingly call it “Tante Ju” (Auntie Ju) or more respectfully, the “Grande Dame of the … Read the full press release

Heineken to sponsor the internationally renowned Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam for 3 years

Amsterdam, 19-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Heineken N.V. (‘HEINEKEN’) today announced a three year commitment to sponsor the internationally renowned Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The commitment will go beyond a mere donation, and will also see the company use its flagship … Read the full press release

Roche welcomed 100 European university students from 34 countries studying science and art to the Salzburg Festival

BASEL, 12-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (11 August 2015), Roche welcomed 100 European university students from 34 countries studying science and art to the Salzburg Festival, the world’s largest and most prestigious festival of music and drama. The annual Roche … Read the full press release

Fondazione Altagamma and SDA Bocconi join forces for Italian culture, creativity, art, taste and style

THROUGH A NEW ORGANIC TRAINING AND RESEARCH PROGRAM, THE AIM IS TO VALORIZE ITALY’S CULTURAL AND AESTHETIC HERITAGE, INCREASE THE INDUSTRY’S COMPETITIVENESS AND ACCELERATE THE GROWTH OF CREATIVE AND CULTURAL BUSINESSES. MILAN, 27-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Fondazione Altagamma and SDA … Read the full press release

Tate Britain will present a unique exhibition about Imperial visual culture from across the British Isles, North America, the Caribbean, the Pacific, Asia and Africa

Artist and Empire 25 November 2015 – 10 April 2016 Tate Britain, Linbury Galleries Open daily 10.00 – 18.00 For public information call +44 (0)20 7887 8888, visit tate.org.uk, follow @Tate LONDON, 21-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — How did Britain’s Empire influence … Read the full press release

Tate Modern will present the Turbine Festival this summer; free to all and sponsored by Hyundai Motor

LONDON, 1-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — This summer Tate Modern will present the Turbine Festival, an exciting audio-visual feast of music, performance, installations and activities, free to all and sponsored by Hyundai Motor. On 25 July, Tate’s Turbine Hall will become … Read the full press release

Volkswagen Group China and YUZ Museum Shanghai present Rain Room by the British-German artist group Random International

Opening in September 2015 at the YUZ Museum Shanghai China is an integral part of Volkswagen’s global cultural engagement Wolfsburg / Shanghai, 19-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The YUZ Museum Shanghai in partnership with Volkswagen Group China will present Rain Room, a large-scale … Read the full press release

University of Aberdeen announces celebrated authors, poets and performers at the May Festival

Award-winning authors Michel Faber and David Mitchell will appear in Aberdeen as part of the May Festival. ABERDEEN, 20-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The pair are just two of the highlights of a packed Word strand at the Festival, which will celebrate the … Read the full press release

Newcastle University fine art lecturer curated Gallery of Wonders set to get people talking at county shows and agricultural fairs across Northumberland this summer

NEWCASTLE, 20-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — An intriguing hybrid of art gallery and touring peep show is set to get people talking at county shows and agricultural fairs across Northumberland this summer. Gallery of Wonders, curated by Newcastle University fine art lecturer … Read the full press release

Arts @ CERN announces 3 winning art projects from the different strands, Accelerate @ CERN, Collide @ CERN, and launches the international open call for Collide @ CERN in digital arts

GENEVA, 4-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Arts @ CERN, CERN1‘s official engagement with the arts, is today announcing three winning art projects from the different strands, Accelerate @ CERN and Collide @ CERN, as well as launching the international open call … Read the full press release

Tate Archive: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska’s unpublished sketchbooks available on Tate’s website

LONDON, 29-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Audiences world-wide can now view Henri Gaudier-Brzeska’s unpublished sketchbooks as the second wave of items for the Archives and Access project is made available on Tate’s website. The project draws on the world’s largest archive of British Art … Read the full press release

Deutsche Bank’s “Artist of the Year” 2016: Basim Magdy will present his first institutional solo exhibition at the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle in Berlin next spring

Frankfurt am Main, 23-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Basim Magdy is Deutsche Bank’s  “Artist of the Year” 2016 and will present his first institutional solo exhibition at the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle in Berlin next spring. The artist, who was born in 1977 in … Read the full press release

Barcelona footballer Luis Suarez immortalized in AkzoNobel paint on the walls of his old school in Montevideo, Uruguay

AMSTERDAM, 20-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Barcelona player was the subject of a special mural created by Brazilian artist Paulo Cosentino. He used our Inca brand to paint an action shot, based on a picture which Suarez himself selected. Part of … Read the full press release

Leading Mac App Developer Macphun Releases Revolutionary New App: Noiseless

Powerful software enables users to remove grain (noise) with one-click technology SAN DIEGO, CA, United States, 16-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Macphun, a leading photography software developer with over 25 million users, today launched their latest app, Noiseless. Using newly developed … Read the full press release

Kimiko Ishizaka to perform Chopin for the European Parliament

Pianist Kimiko Ishizaka to perform for MEPs and the general public in the European Parliament as part of “Meet the new Authors”, an initiative sponsored by MEP Julia Reda in the context of the EU copyright evaluation report. BRUSSELS, 14-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release

University of Liverpool: Uruguayan artist Brian Mackern’s creations will be disseminated on social media throughout April part of Latin American Cyberculture Project

LIVERPOOL, 8-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Images created by Uruguayan artist, Brian Mackern, during a residency in Liverpool will be disseminated on social media throughout April in the next stage of a Latin American Cyberculture Project. Brian said that his work, … Read the full press release

Audi museum mobile to exhibit police patrol cars of various brands from nearly every era of police car history from April 10 to August 30, 2015

14 historic patrol cars from across the decades Special exhibition from April 10 to August 30, 2015 Paternoster elevator with “Treasures from Neckarsulm” Ingolstadt, 3-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In a special exhibition entitled “Razzia” (in English: Police Raid), the Audi … Read the full press release

Tate announces that Plus Tate, the contemporary visual arts network, is to expand by sixteen institutions

LONDON, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Tate is pleased to announce that Plus Tate, the contemporary visual arts network, is to expand by sixteen institutions. They join the original cohort of eighteen partners, plus the four Tate galleries, to virtually double … Read the full press release