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colour photograph, text of a poem in Dutch, painted white on a blue rectangle on a red brick wall

The Dutch tradition of displaying poems on streets and walls

Forgotten stories of three buildings in Belarus

black and white photograph of a hand reaching to a packet of cigarettes

Meet the man who gave his name to tobacco's addictive stimulant

colour photograph, a view of Leeds with an equestrian statue in a city square

Art, industry and culture in Yorkshire's capital city

a sepia studio picture of a woman in fine clothing with a decorated hat, putting on a delicate white glove

Over a century of Croatian fashion history

colour illustration of a bunch of colourful flowers in yellow, red, orange

Explore and enjoy stunning plants while colouring

a black and white print portrait of Jacobus Capitein

Enslavement, theology and a literary legacy

blank ink drawing of a large white art nouveau house

An Art Nouveau home by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald

colour photograph, names written in chalk around two stolperstein

Paving stones across Europe to commemorate victims of persecution

black and white illustration of a woman crying into a curtain

Artworks inspired by stories and literature, girlhood and feminism

A wooden rack with bundles of wool dyed in different colours hanging and drying.

Navigating between contemporary creation, traditional know-how and conservation

colour painting, .a painter sits on a tree trunk with palette and brushes in hand and the painter's box with the painting on his knees. His hat and crutch lie in the grass next to the tree. In front of him are sheep and a cow in the meadow.
a woman with white hair and black clothing sits in front of old wooden looms and colourful tapestry slung over wooden beams.

Four videos showing how Greek identities are embodied by the craft of weaving, weaving together past, present and future

collage image of three logos of the three European Capitals of Culture for 2023

Exploring Elefsina, Timișoara and Veszprém

black and white photograph of a young man playing a piano

How contemporary composers moved within Europe in the 20th century

Museums of the Year in Europe in 2022 and 2023

Celebrating award-winning cultural heritage institutions

black and white photograph, a group of men hold the Mona Lisa painting

A famous artist on trial for a shocking crime

colour poster with headline word ESPERANTO showing figures sitting on a flying winged horse

The history of a new international language

a black and white picture of a smiling man standing in a small store that is filled with paper-mache animal silhouettes, sticking out of the walls and standing on shelves above his head.

A chat with Roberto Capone, paper-mâché craftsman

A wooden polychrome triptych consisting of three panels hinged together with painted scenes

Learn about the symbolic significance of medieval imagery