The Camões Cultural Center in Luanda shows routes of Angolan painting
Plataforma - Portugal - 11/12/2020
Study concludes that heritage in Portugal may have double visitors and triple revenue
Lusa - Portugal - 10/12/2020
The classified heritage in Portugal can generate twice as many visitors and triple the ticket revenue, concludes a study released today on the economic and social value of the sector.
Entitled “Cultural Heritage Study in Portugal: Assessment of Economic and Social…
Mia Couto wins French Literature Prize for “As Areias do Imperador”
Lusa - Portugal - 09/12/2020
Mozambican essay writer Mia Couto won the Jan Michalski Prize for Literature, for the French edition of the trilogy “As Areias do Imperador”, published this year in France, with translation by Elisabeth Monteiro Rodrigues, today announced the Swiss foundation.
The…
Covid-19: Officials cancel New Year's activities in Macau
Lusa - Macau - 08/12/2020
The Cultural Institute (IC) of Macau has announced the cancellation of “New Year’s Eve 2020 activities”, including the usual fireworks program, due to the covid-19 pandemic.
“Thus, the programmed fireworks for the New Year, with the support of the…
Lost treasure of China's Old Summer Palace returns home
Shanghai Daily - China - 01/12/2020
A bronze horse head sculpture, a treasure of China’s Old Summer Palace that went missing after Anglo-French allied forces’ looting 160 years ago, returned to its original palace home Tuesday.
It is the first time that a lost important cultural relic from the…
Netflix announces 'Maldivas', new brazilian series with Manu Gavassi, Bruna Marquezine and Sheron Menezes
Folha de S.Paulo - Brazil - 30/11/2020
Netflix’s new Brazilian production will have acid humor and drama, with hints of mystery and suspense
Netflix announced on Monday (30) the new national production “Maldivas”, with a strong cast, such as Bruna Marquezine, Manu Gavassi, Sheron Menezzes…
House of Dancing Water reopening postponed, involved ‘blue cards’ departing
Macau News Agency - 22/11/2020
Melco Resorts& Entertainment Limited has informed Macau News Agency that its House of Dancing Water show will remain closed for the next several months and will not resume operations in January as the gaming operator as previously expected.
As a result…
Covid-19 stokes fears for UK music industry
AFP - International - 21/11/2020
Classically trained singers Mark Nathan and his partner Carolyn Holt had bookings stretching into next year until the coronavirus pandemic struck.
Restrictions imposed because of the outbreak, including venue closures, have instead seen those concerts put on hold —…
Angolan artist Paulo Kapela died at 73
Lusa - Angola - 18/11/2020
Angolan plastic artist Paulo Kapela, who “directly influenced” a generation of younger artists who claimed to be overseas, died on Tuesday from a disease, informed the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Environment.
Self-taught, the artist Paulo Kapela, born in…
The creation of the P55 marketplace was designed to allow the acquisition of works of art online in a practical and safe way. Portuguesa P55 expands its business.
Thinking about universal access to the art world, and with the growth of electronic commerce becoming more…
Mia Couto: "A large part of the Catholic Church was compolicit with the dictatorship"
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 14/11/2020
The Mozambican writer’s new novel can be summed up in one of the interview responses: “Memory is always a choice. In Mozambique, we live a history in which everything seems still recent. We have not yet learned to erase our forgetfulness. ” A narrative that recalls…
