European Arts & Culture

Our monthly What’s on in Europe guide directs you to European architecture, mainstream cultural events and exhibitions in Europe, while our What’s on calendar keeps you in touch with arts abroad and the museums Europe offers in Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. You can also add your own event to our listings.

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23/10/2009 Half a century on, Asterix is still holding out

Beloved across the world, the heroic Gauls Asterix and Obelix celebrate their 50th birthday this month.

21/10/2009 Mexico's mysterious City of Gods comes to the City of Light

Some 450 pre-Columbian pieces, some of them monumental, some rarely or never exhibited, are on show until next January 24 in the French capital's newest arthouse, the Quai Branly museum, under the title "Teotihuacan, City of the Gods.”

15/10/2009 London show sheds light on Aztec emperor

The new exhibition explores the life of Moctezuma II, the last Aztec emperor and one of the main protagonists in the history of the Spanish conquest of Mexico.

22/10/2009 Cinema review: Suffer the little children

Picturenose's James Drew gets under the surface of rural village life in Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or winner, Das weiße Band.

05/10/2009 Belgium showcases 50 centuries of Chinese culture

Belgium's Europalia cultural festival marks its 40th birthday from October with a programme involving some 450 shows and around 50 exhibitions celebrating 5,000 years of Chinese history.

06/09/2009 Hong Kong fast food king thrives in downturn

As restaurants across the world close due to the tight economic times, Michael Chan has managed to grown his fast food business. His secret? Reinvention.

04/09/2009 Spanish poet's struggle to accept gayness explored in biography

A new biography about Federico Garcia Lorca discusses the seminal poet’s life, love and work.

22/10/2009 Dance Holland's choreographer plays with exotic imagery

Ed Wubbe does not regard the dance piece "Holland" as a political statement, but it was the result of his displeasure at recent developments in Dutch society.