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Amsterdam Takes Craft Beyond the Museum
With Creative Grounds, the Amsterdam Museum moves into workshops, bookshops and cultural venues across the city centre. Three days to watch makers at work and try making something yourself.
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Maillage Festival Arrives in Paris to Explore Today’s World
The Maillage Festival, held September 25-27, 2026 at Palais de la Porte Dorée in Paris, offers diverse narratives on migration, exile, memory, and identities. Featuring novels, poetry, comics, music, and performances, with Mohamed Mbougar Sarr as guest of honor.
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Batumi: Auteur Cinema Prepares Its Next Generation
For its 20th edition, the Batumi festival combines international competition, Georgian film heritage and support for eight projects in development.
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In Palestine, Six Crafts Remain Alive
The Living Hands exhibition in Al-Bireh shows artisans and designers working across six endangered Palestinian crafts. The project connects memory, learning and livelihoods.
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European Heritage Days 2026: Free Access and New Heritage Pass Unveiled
For the 2026 European Heritage Days, a new Heritage Pass allows visitors free entry to monuments often closed to the public, such as the Marmottan Museum in Paris, according to France 24.
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Ed Sheeran Faces Political Controversy Over Macklemore’s Support for Palestine
Ed Sheeran's US tour is embroiled in controversy following Macklemore's public support for Palestinians, prompting wider discussion on artists' freedom of expression and political roles.
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In Mali, When Animals Dance: A Malian Theatrical Tradition in Lyon
Lyon's Museum of Confluences hosts 'In Mali, When Animals Dance,' highlighting Sogo Bō, an ancestral popular theater from Mali recognized by UNESCO. The exhibition features 110 masks, puppets, and instruments from Sonia and Albert Loeb's collection.
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David Rosenblum Preserves the Rare Art of Leather Covering in Tonnerre
David Rosenblum, master artisan in Tonnerre, Burgundy, preserves the rare craft of leather covering, wrapping furniture and objects with leather through bespoke creation, restoration, and passing on centuries-old skills during European Heritage Days.
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At MoMA, Photography Takes Back Space
MoMA opens Taking Back Our Space, a dialogue between Marianne Wex's project and seven contemporary artists. An exhibition about bodies, images and the right to occupy space.
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El Niño: UNESCO Prepares Cultural Heritage
With an El Niño event expected to persist, UNESCO has launched Culture x El Niño and committed an initial $150,000. Why museums, archives and living traditions need to prepare now.
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Radical Computing: Code Enters the Museum
In Melbourne, Radical Computing turns the history of the personal computer into a living exhibition. Machines, music and weaving invite visitors to rethink technology.
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Bangladesh: Culture and Media in the Age of AI
In Dhaka, UNESCO and Bangladesh brought together three issues often treated separately: trustworthy information, AI governance and cultural heritage. Here is what the conversation opens up, and what it has not decided yet.