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15.10.2010, 17:16

Russian contemporary art finally hits Louvre

Exhibition «Le contrepoint Russe» finally opened on October 14 in the Louvre, after a series of disputes over controversial works by Russian artist, Avdey Ter-Oganyan.

Queen Beatrix and Dmitry Medvedev (AFP Photo / Anp Marcel Antonisse) 20.06.2009, 05:57

Gala celebrates Hermitage opening in Amsterdam

Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have been the first visitors to the new Russia’s Hermitage branch museum in the Dutch capital Amsterdam.

27.10.2010, 21:57 1 comment

“Being ignored by the model is blessing for a photographer”

UK photographer Terry O'Neil, famous for snapping every celebrity from Frank Sinatra to the Queen, told RT about his life and work.

25.02.2010, 20:28 2 comments

Year of France in Russia takes off

The Year of France in Russia has kicked off with an opening of the exhibition of Picasso’s masterpieces at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, promising many more events to come.

UN headquarters in Geneva 14.06.2009, 21:02

20th-century art show highlights Russian contribution

A major art collection with Russian roots has opened at the UN headquarters in Geneva. It’s the first time the Museum of Avant-Garde Mаstery has made its collection of 20th-century masterpieces available to the public.

Photo by one of the Swedish winners, Andre Larsson. Image from si.se 14.08.2009, 14:00

Triple photo battle

An exhibition of works by wannabe photographers from Russia, Sweden and Ukraine has opened at the Swedish gallery “Kontrast" in Stockholm.

"La Traviata" by Franco Zeffirelli (photo from operaroma.it) 20.12.2009, 15:03

Masters at work on La Traviata in Rome

Legendary Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Vasilyev has created choreography for Guiseppe Verdi’s "La Traviata", which premiered in the Rome Opera House in Italy.

Bruno Niver 20.04.2010, 21:00 1 comment

Talented expat gives advice on how to be a success in Russia

Expat Bruno Niver, a French poet, artist, calligrapher, actor, and singer, invites RT to his presentation in one of Moscow’s bookstores.

“Masha and the Bear: Tracks of Unknown Animals" 04.06.2010, 11:12

Russian cartoonists up for awards

Ten Russian cartoons will take part in one of the oldest and biggest events in the animated film industry – The Annecy International Animation Festival.

30.06.2009, 09:22

Russian dentist turns pulled teeth into art

There aren't many people who enjoy being in the dentist's chair. But a Siberian clinician has found an artistic way of making his surgery friendlier by making sculptures from his patients' teeth.

Humans against technology?

Published: 03 December, 2009, 13:44

Hans Op de Beeck’s “Five Sculptures”

Hans Op de Beeck’s “Five Sculptures”

TAGS: Art, Health, Russia, Europe


A trailblazing Belgian artist, Hans Op de Beeck, has created five sculptures representing people with prosthetic limbs. The question is - what’s the idea behind them?

The sculptures have names – Ingrid, Anke, Yves-Pascale, Iris and Eric – as well as a medical history.

Some of the exhibits have bionic arms or legs, others are wearing complex equipment on their bodies and heads. A "motion capture" apparatus on the face, a robotic suit for a disabled person, or a brain-scanner attached to the skull. The Belgian sculptor raises the question of the ethical side of these state-of-the-art devices.

What is meant to save someone’s life could possibly destroy the true essence of a person, blurring the fine line between the human body and its digital body-double.

Could humans turn into machines in the long run?

Judging by Hans Opde Beeck’s exhibition at the Art Banking Club in Moscow – the fear is still there.

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03.12.2009, 10:33

One million for Russian sleigh ride

Two days of Russian art sales at Christie’s auction in London have resulted in over $14 million revenues.

Image from drandrandr.livejournal.com 04.12.2009, 16:05 5 comments

Second life of great Socialist monument

A sculpture originally created to crown the 37-meter-high Soviet pavilion of the World's Fair in 1937 has recently been restored and returned to its place at the All-Russia Exhibition Center in Moscow.