Now playing Next Culture news Cultural Digest: Don't miss these events in Europe this week Long summer days, hot, sticky nights. If you're staying in to shelter or planning to hit the streets, here's our guide to the best of what's on this week in movies, games, museums and music. 14/07/2023
Now playing Next Art Glasgow's Burrell collection wins UK museum of the year Amidst a vibrant European cultural landscape, a few exceptional museums rise to claim their rightful place among the best of the best in 2023. 13/07/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Looking at hell's door! Bosch art work study reveals hell fascination According to a study by Madrid’s El Prado museum and the Miguel Hernandez University Elche, viewers of the 16th century “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch look longer and harder at the panel representing hell compared with heaven. 12/07/2023
Now playing Next Culture news 'Living and breathing' sculptures takeover Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof The enormous exhibition hall of Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof Museum is an imposing space to fill but one that has allowed Eva Fabregas to let her imagination run wild. And the result is incredibly impressive. 08/07/2023
Now playing Next Culture news See Björk’s swan dress and Sam Smith's latex suit at new exhibition REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion will celebrate over 300 young designers at an upcoming show at the capital's Design Museum. 05/07/2023
Now playing Next Culture news What if children decided what museums should be like? In East London, a new museum dedicated to children is opening its doors. Young V&A is the younger sibling of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. 04/07/2023
Now playing Next Culture news The British Museum in hot water over plagiarism row The British Museum has got itself into another row about one of its exhibits, this time over plagiarism. 30/06/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Spain's highly-anticipated Royal Collections Gallery opens its doors Great masterpieces are being exhibited in this state-of-the-art gallery, whose construction, over the last 25 years, has uncovered part of the Moorish wall with which the city was founded in the 9th century. 30/06/2023
Now playing Next Culture news War-torn Iraq's precious modern art-works saved by locals Many masterpieces by Iraqi painters were destroyed during the years of conflict, but now the country's artistic heritage faces another threat: rampant counterfeiting and illicit trafficking. 29/06/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Jurassic safari park: Denmark opens its first dinosaur museum At Knuthenborg Safari Park in Denmark, elephants and African lions now have prehistoric dinosaurs as their new neighbours to tell an evolutionary story spanning over 300 million years. 29/06/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Hermitage Amsterdam changes name, severing Russia ties The Hermitage Amsterdam will now be known as the H'ART Museum, as it rebrands away from its Russian links. 27/06/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Vona/She: A videogame to save Kharkiv’s unique Gender Museum Closed down by the current infighting in Ukraine, a group of artists and human rights activists are determined to keep the one and only Gender Museum of Eastern Europe alive in the virtual world. 26/06/2023
Now playing Next Design Istanbul Modern Art Museum moves to new Renzo Piano designed building Türkiye's Istanbul Modern Art Museum has moved back to its original location on the banks of the Bosphorus in a new building designed by Italian-born architect Renzo Piano, whose most notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and London's Shard skyscraper. 23/06/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Inside the relaunch of Berlin contemporary museum Hamburger Bahnhof For decades, the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum has been a central part of Berlin's contemporary art scene. Little has changed... Until now. The new museum directors have taken artworks down, rebuilt the space, and revamped the permanent exhibition. 16/06/2023
Now playing Next Culture news The world's best restaurant El Bulli becomes a gastronomy museum Spain's El Bulli, repeatedly voted the world's best restaurant before it closed over a decade ago, is set to reopen as a museum dedicated to the culinary revolution it sparked. The museum is dubbed "elBulli1846", a reference to the 1,846 dishes that were served in the eatery. 15/06/2023
Now playing Next Culture news France's Louvre Museum takes in and protects Ukrainian art works Ukrainian art works including precious Byzantine icons have been exfiltrated from Kyiv under great secrecy for a show at France's Louvre Museum titled "The Origins of the Sacred Image" 15/06/2023
Now playing Next New Zealand Germany returns the remains of 95 Indigenous people to New Zealand The initiative is part of Germany's plan to return Indigenous artefacts looted or improperly acquired during colonial times to their homelands. 14/06/2023
Now playing Next Culture news These are the 15 must-see European art exhibitions this summer Here's our curated selection of some of the best and most-anticipated European art exhibitions taking place this summer. 07/06/2023
Now playing Next Design V&A Dundee invites you to explore fashion shows from behind the scenes A new exhibition at the Scottish museum dives into what makes a fashion show so special with an unusual focus - away from the clothes we see on the runway 04/06/2023
Now playing Next Experiences 5 of Europe’s best bizarre museums to go to - and ones to give a miss Featuring fairgrounds, carriages and magic, these are Europe’s most popular niche museums. As well as those to give a swerve. 01/06/2023