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The Municipal Art Gallery of Athens in Metaxourgio (32 Mylerou) traces the artistic journey of Giannis Fokas, a key figure in contemporary Greek painting, from 1985 to today. Curated by art custodian Christoforos Marinos, it showcases Fokas' early depictions of Parisian urban life through mixed-media techniques such as collage and spray paint.

The "Ankara Landscape," the oldest known painting of the Turkish capital Ankara, has been projected onto the walls of the Temple of Augustus in the Altındağ district.

The painting is believed to have been created by an unknown Dutch artist in the 18th century and belongs to a museum in the Netherlands.

A visible pulse to the feelings on the street, the murals are everywhere in Belgrade in upmarket neighborhoods, on the side of the motorways, and stenciled onto concrete apartment blocks.

A rough - and highly contested - history of modern Serbia is written out in murals and slogans on the walls of its capital Belgrade.

A group of researchers, led by Head of the Department of History at Ondokuz Mayıs University Okay Pekşen, discovered rock paintings of about 3,000 years old during their research in the Northern province of Rize's İkizdere district. The paintings are thought to belong to the Bozkurt tribes.

One day recently, on a table in Jean Oh's lab in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, a robot arm was busy at a canvas. Slowly, as if the air were viscous, it dipped a brush into a pool of light-gray paint on a palette, swung around and stroked the canvas, leaving an inch-long mark amid a cluster of other brushstrokes. Then it pulled back and paused, as if to assess its work.

The Bulgarian National Radio provided exclusive photos of the painting of Jackson Pollock discovered by the Main Directorate "Fighting Organized Crime".

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Within the scope of a restoration and landscaping project implemented by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the wall paintings that were previously unearthed in the St. Nicholas Museum in the southern province of Antalya's Demre district are getting a retouch.

New murals from the 11th century were also unearthed during the work at the museum.

The Louvre, The Museum of Modern Art and the Hard Rock?

Hoping to expand their appeal beyond the slot machine and buffet crowd, some casinos are turning to fine art galleries or exhibitions to bring in new business from customers who might not otherwise visit a gambling hall.

A pair of environmental protesters in Britain on June 30 glued themselves to the frame of a Vincent van Gogh painting on display at a London art gallery.

The stunt, the latest direct action demonstration by climate change activists, saw the duo from the "Just Stop Oil" group glue their fingers to the Dutch master's "Peach Trees in Blossom."

A rare Botticelli painting depicting Jesus Christ sold at auction for more than $45 million on Jan. 27 at Sotheby's in
New York, a year after a record $92 million was paid for a work by the Italian Renaissance master.