Half of the participantes in the Big Brother US will be black and indigenous
Folha de S.Paulo - Brazil - 11/11/2020
Pino Solanas, Argentine filmmaker moved by political passion, died of Covid-19
Folha de S.Paulo - Brasil - 08/11/2020
Argentine filmmaker Fernando Solanas died at dawn on Saturday (7), in Paris, at the age of 84. He had been hospitalized for more than a week after becoming infected with the coronavirus. By a sad coincidence, he died in the city that was the scene of one of his most…
The refuge of the greatest treasure of the Templars may have been Portugal
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 05/11/2020
The publisher of Canal História insists on not forgetting the Templars and comes to bookstores a book on the search for the Holy Grail that frames the role of Portugal and the fortress of Tomar in the survival of that order: The Secret History of the Templars.
The title…
You can't attribute Africa's failures to Europe alone, says Mabanckou
Folha de S.Paulo - Brazil - 05/11/2020
Writer presented in lecture at Fronteiras do Pensamento his idea of black existentialism.
The Franco-Congolese essay writer Alain Mabanckou, wearing a Panama hat and a hot pink jacket with an open collar, dedicated his talk in the Fronteiras do Pensamento cycle…
A painting by Leonardo da Vinci's main collaborator was found
AFP - France - 02/11/2020
A “penitent Magdalene” by Salai, Leonardo da Vinci’s main collaborator, will be auctioned on November 18 in Paris, after the revelation of its existence, announced a French expert.
Few paintings by Salai are known, such as the “Christ the Redeemer”…
Sean Connery widow reveals he had suffered from dementia
AFP - Unied Kingdom - 01/11/2020
Iconic Scottish actor Sean Connery, who has died at the age of 90, suffered from dementia in his final years, his widow Micheline Roquebrune revealed on Sunday.
Connery, famous for playing the original on-screen James Bond, passed away at his home in the Bahamas…
A gallery to showcase African artists in Lisbon
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 30/10/2020
The Spanish Janire Bilbao opened the first commercial gallery in Luanda in 2017 and now brings Movarte to Lisbon. The first exhibition is by the Angolan Ihosvanny.
It was the first commercial art gallery in Luanda. Now, come to Lisbon. Movart is an art gallery that works…
London police probe theft of cult STIK figure prints
AFP - United Kingdom - 27/10/2020
Thieves have stolen thousands of prints by the acclaimed graffiti artist STIK that were intended as a free gift for residents in northeast London, police said on Tuesday.
The street artist, who paints stick figure people, had intended to distribute posters of his 2016…
One of the most mysterious sculptures on the planet is finally revealed
Folha de S.Paulo - Brazil - 25/10/2020
Selection of 96 statues belonging to the Torlonia family gains exposure amid the Covid-19 pandemic
“An immense treasure of scholarship and art, collected in silence over many, many years”, is how archaeologist Pietro Ercole Visconti described, in 1881, what today is…
Ducks, camels, sunflowers and little hands. A history of propaganda in the US elections
TSF - Portugal - 24/10/2020
The “Propaganda in the US Presidential Elections” can be visited until November 20 next to the large auditorium of ISCTE, in Lisbon. The exhibit covers the entire North American political spectrum since the beginning of the 20th century
“In the United States, the…
Paul McCartney releases recorded album in confinement
Folha de S.Paulo - Brazil - 22/10/2020
Ex-Beatle said he had no plans to release an album in 2020
British pop music legend, former Beatle Paul McCartney, revealed on Wednesday (21) that he will release a solo album this year after having ‘resurrected’ and reworking unfinished songs during…
