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A new wave of erotic magazines is breaking the traditional heterosexist mould and encouraging a new engagement with desire, body image and sexuality. Tracks met Barcelona duo Paco & Manolo who produce the bi-yearly magazine Kink dedicated to art and eroticism and American Brynne de Turk Weaver who edits the semi-erotic Pour Toi publication.

New Erotic Fanzines: More than Playboy?

A new wave of erotic magazines is breaking the traditional heterosexist mould and encouraging a new engagement with desire, body image and sexuality.

Tracks

Sounds Like Art invites musicians to play in the midst of works of art in a European museum. In this edition, British pop group Bastille present their new album & at the Turner Contemporary Museum in Margate on the English coast. Lead singer Dan Smith says he is particularly interested in the art of Anya Gallaccio and Antony Gormley.

Turner Contemporary Museum in Margate

British pop group Bastille present their new album & at the Turner Contemporary Museum in Margate, UK.

Bastille - Sounds Like Art

Nickel, gold, iron, zinc, uranium... Beneath the pastures of Southern Greenland lies a host of natural resources. With global warming making them more easily accessible will Greenland choose to mine them? Or alternatively take advantage of a milder climate to develop the agricultural sector?

Greenland: Agriculture or Mining?

A crucial dilemma for Greenland: Mine their rich natural resources or concentrate on agriculture?

ARTE Reportage

For nearly two decades now, China has been influencing how Hollywood operates. Film projects on topics that China does not like, such as a free Tibet or independent Taiwan, no longer get made, and prominent stars are dropped when they criticise the Middle Kingdom. A look behind the scenes at how the American dream machine is compromised by the growing might of China.

Lured by a huge Chinese market, Hollywood has ceded to Beijing's censorship in recent decades.

Hollywood Under Chinese Influence

In 1970, a large-scale photography programme run by the US Environment Protection Agency aimed to document the environmental situation of the United States. The tens of thousands of photos taken by hundreds of photographers constitute a unique archive, showing a country that was ravaged by pollution and environmental degradation, and one that has been largely forgotten.

Forgotten Pictures of America

In 1970, a vast photography project aimed to document the environmental situation of the United States. 

Documerica

Around 10,000 wrecks lie at the bottom of the North Sea, many of them warships from the twentieth century’s world wars. They represent a clear danger to human life and the environment that Europe is only beginning to face up to. Corrosion releases poisonous substances which harms marine life and unexploded munition poses an ever-increasing threat.

Danger on the Seabed

Shipwrecks in the North Sea represent a serious threat to the environment and human life.

Sunken Warships in the North Sea

Every year, astronomical sums of money are spent worldwide on arms, when it would be a thousand times better to invest in eradicating hunger and poverty or funding the fight against climate change. In today's political climate, this view might seem naive. So is doing without weapons just wishful thinking? Do we need arms for peace?

Do We Need Weapons for Peace?

Every year, vast sums are spent on arms, but could we live without them? Or do we need them to keep the peace?

42: The Answer to Almost Everything

Performed by mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez, Bizet’s famous opera transcends the ages in the gilded splendour of the Salle Favart. This daring production is directed by Andreas Homoki and conducted by Louis Langrée.

Opéra-Comique, Paris

Performed by mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez, Bizet’s famous opera transcends the ages in the gilded splendour of the Salle Favart.

Georges Bizet: Carmen

A meeting between representatives of the USA and Ukraine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, ended on Tuesday 11 March with a proposal for a ceasefire. In Paris, military leaders from around 30 NATO and European Union countries discussed a possible defence strategy without the USA. How is Russia's President Putin reacting to this development, which increasingly resembles a high-stakes game of cards?

Russia and Ukraine: Ceasefire?

How will Putin react to the proposed ceasefire negotiated between Ukraine and the USA?

Mapping the World Essentials

When the doctor of a small town dies suddenly, his wife Nelly is left to navigate her grief while caring for their three children and facing family pressures. As mourners gather, Nelly refuses to let a funeral parlour take his body, disrupting tradition. Over the course of four intense days, she struggles with love, loss and the complexities of saying goodbye.

Over the course of four days, Nelly grieves the death of her husband, a small-town doctor.

Nelly

A new space race has begun that threatens world peace and security as private companies and nation states rush to colonise the skies with satellites. Tech billionaire Elon Musk has already sent 3,000 satellites into orbit to provide internet connections anywhere on earth. This gives Musk considerable geopolitical clout and pushes China and Europe to join the race.

A new space race has begun as private companies and nation states rush to colonise the skies with satellites.

Satellite Wars

17-year-old Claire hides her pregnancy and takes a job with Madame Mélikian, a grieving haute couture embroiderer. As they stitch side by side, their shared sorrow and unspoken struggles weave an unbreakable bond. Through delicate threads and silent understanding, they find comfort, resilience and an unlikely sense of family in each other.

A pregnant teen finds solace in a grieving high-end embroiderer, forming an unexpected and healing bond.

A Common Thread

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

The Mona Lisa's Eyes Don't Follow You Around the Room

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

Gymnastics

In the idyllic Azores, a wealthy couple hosts a garden party and invite two old friends – sparking a web of seduction, intrigue and unspoken desires. Amid elegant conversations and subtle power plays, the beauty of the setting contrasts with the emotional undercurrents between the four. Five years later, they meet again and resume their conversations, giving free rein to their repressed desires.

A wealthy couple’s reunion with old friends ignites desires, secrets, and tensions in the lush Azores.

Party

February 1993: Štrpci, Bosnia. Paramilitaries stop a passenger train and arrest civilians. Of the 500 or so passengers, only one man puts up resistance. This film tells the true story of the man who would not remain silent. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Film; 2025.

February 1993: Štrpci, Bosnia. Paramilitaries stop a passenger train and arrest civilians.

The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Rosa Maria, a history professor, and her young daughter embark on a cruise from Lisbon to Bombay, exploring iconic historical sites across the Mediterranean. Along the way, they meet intriguing passengers, sparking rich conversations on culture and civilisation. But as the serene journey unfolds, an unforeseen event disrupts the harmony, leaving a lasting impression on all aboard.

A mother and daughter embark on a cruise from Lisbon to Bombay, unveiling the history of each place they travel through.

A Talking Picture

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

The Painting that Divides Humanity

Aliénor, a bold young woman in 14th century France, wins the right to marry her childhood love Bertrand. But he abandons her immediately after the wedding, fleeing to Italy. Refusing to accept his rejection, she follows him to Siena, disguising herself as another woman to win his heart. Inspired by Boccaccio’s “The Decameron”, the film is a luminous tale of deception and determination.

In 14th century France, the young Aliénor defies tradition by chasing her runaway husband to Italy in a bold pursuit of love.

The Dark Room

This beautifully animated documentary series tells us the story of Homer’s Iliad, the epic poem of Ancient Greece recounting the Trojan War. In this episode Eris, the goddess of strife and discord, sends an apple to Mount Olympus which causes trouble amongst the gods.

The Apple of Discord

 Eris, the goddess of strife and discord, sends an apple to Mount Olympus which causes trouble amongst the gods.

Great Myths - The Iliad (1/10)

They are over 80 but still have the cognitive and physical abilities of someone decades younger. In Magdeburg, Germany, scientists are studying the super-ager phenomenon and are trying to find out the secret of keeping the brain young and fit in old age.

They are over 80 but still have the cognitive and physical abilities of someone decades younger. What is their secret?

Re: The Secrets of Super-Agers

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Raphaël Pichon and his Ensemble Pygmalion resonate with the humanity, hope and light that permeate Johann Sebastian Bach's most beautiful sacred scores. A concert full of emotion.

Nativity | Passion | Resurrection

Raphaël Pichon and his Ensemble Pygmalion bring out the humanity that permeates Bach's most beautiful sacred scores.

Bach's Sacred Music

Climate disasters, global inequalities, the threat of a third world war... Wouldn't it be reassuring if an international government set about solving all these problems? The United Nations was created with this in mind, but many think it is not fit for the challenges of the 21st century. So is humanity ready for world government?

Are We Ready for World Government.

Climate disasters, global inequalities, the threat of a third world war... Could we solve humanity's problems with world government?

Invited to the Philharmonie de Paris, the virtuoso Yuja Wang performs a programme of Maurice Ravel's two piano concertos, conducted by Klaus Mäkela. 

With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de Paris

Virtuoso Yuja Wang performs two piano concertos by Maurice Ravel, conducted by Klaus Mäkela. 

Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel

At just 25, Samara Joy is already one of the greatest voices in jazz. On a world tour in France in support of her album Portrait, the American demonstrates all facets of her talent at the Philharmonie de Paris.

Philharmonie de Paris

Jazz revelation Samara Joy has her Parisian audience spellbound.

Samara Joy

The oil and gas industry in America is over the moon as the US president wants them to ‘drill baby drill’. How are climate activists feeling as America rolls back on its climate obligations? Tracks met the Yes Men who infiltrate oil and gas conferences to protest the sector’s greenwashing.

Yes Men vs. Trump

Tracks met the Yes Men who infiltrate oil and gas conferences to protest the sector’s greenwashing.

The eminent Michelangeli is still regarded today as the master of Maurice Ravel's Concerto in G major. His acute sense of tonality and acoustics, combined with his great rhythmic precision, remains unequalled. The recording of this 1982 concert with conductor Sergiu Celibidache and the London Symphony Orchestra immortalised this superb musical event.

London 1982

Pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli performs Ravel's Concerto in G major.

Michelangeli plays Ravel

It's a phenomenon unique to the Netherlands. More and more people are turning to explosives, often handmade, to settle the score with their ex, their boss or their neighbour. In most cases, these explosions fortunately "only" cause damage to property, but there have already been victims. In response, authorities have established a multi-disciplinary national working group.

More and more people in the Netherlands are turning to explosives to settle scores with people who've wronged them. The authorites and the media are worried.

Netherlands: the boom of home-made explosives

In January 2023, a discreet conference was held in Zurich, Switzerland where the company Swiss Gold Treuhand encouraged participants to invest in gold ingots. But today many investors are disappointed: Their money is gone, and the gold has disappeared. Data Sources tries to find out what happened…

Switzerland: Looking for the Missing Gold

Hundreds invested their savings into Swiss gold and were disappointed. Were did the gold go?

Data Sources

There have often been periods of warming in Earth’s history but never before has the temperature risen as quickly as today. Researchers are studying the last hothouse period, to understand what will happen to our oceans as the world heats up.

Seas and Oceans

Researchers are studying the last hothouse period 50 million years ago to understand what will happen to our oceans as the world heats up.

Hothouse Earth (1/2)

There have often been periods of warming in Earth’s history but never before has the temperature risen as quickly as today. Scientists are looking at the last hothouse period, 50 million years ago, to understand how plants and animals might react to the climate crisis now and in the future.

Plants and Animals

There have often been periods of warming in Earth’s history but never before has the temperature risen so quickly as today.

Hothouse Earth (2/2)

The Versace story is a family story of glory and tragedy that reads like a glamorous soap opera.  In the late 1970s, Gianni Versace founded a small family business that would grow into a global fashion empire with his older brother in charge of the finances and his sister as artistic director. His audacious designs would revolutionise the fashion industry. 

The Versace story is a family story of glory and tragedy that reads like a glamorous soap opera.

The Versace Saga

China maintains that it is a peaceful power and neutral in other countries’ conflicts. But the country has a long history of aggressive expansion and has also suffered from the belligerence of European powers.

China: Belligerent or Peaceful?

China maintains that it is a peaceful power and a stabilising force in a world.

Mapping the World

2025 marks 150 years since the birth of Maurice Ravel. To honour the musical legacy of this immensely influential composer, Cristian Măcelaru and the Orchestre National de France join forces with Beatrice Rana.

With Beatrice Rana

Cristian Măcelaru, Beatrice Rana and the Orchestre National de France celebrate Ravel.

Cristian Măcelaru conducts Ravel

With the U.S. becoming an unpredictable ally under Donald Trump, Europe may have to rethink its own defense—especially when it comes to nuclear deterrence. This week on ARTE Europe Weekly, we break down who holds the nuclear cards and how Trump’s policies could force Europe to reset its security strategy.

Nuclear weapons in Europe: who protects whom?

With the U.S. pulling back, the question is on the table: Should France’s nuclear shield protect all of Europe?

ARTE Europe Weekly

Seaweed is used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and bioplastics. But you can also eat it!  Chef Lucie Fischer-Chapalain finds out how to harvest algae, how healthy it is and, of course, what it tastes like.

Algae

Chef Lucie Fischer-Chapalain finds out how to harvest algae, how healthy it is and what it tastes like.

Kitchen Hacks with Lucie

When four Israeli hostages were released by Hamas on 24 January 2025, the release ceremony was a highly controlled piece of propaganda which captured international attention.

Hostage Release as Propaganda Show

The World in Images

On 4 December 2024, the head of America's largest health insurance company was murdered in Manhattan. The following day, a wanted poster revealed the face of the suspect. Social media instantly celebrated Luigi Mangione as a vigilante hero. What does this reaction online reveal about American society?

Luigi Mangione: Murderer and Folk Hero?

A vigilante hero for ordinary Americans, Luigi Mangione reveals America’s problems with healthcare insurance.

Built on the testimony of those who worked in Ireland’s notorious Magdalene Laundries, this documentary tells the full, shocking story of a shameful system, created by the Irish State but supported by all levels of Irish society, which enslaved over 10,000 women for decades.The film bears witness to the women’s experiences in their own words, before during and after their time in the laundries, and show how, even today, attempts are being made to try to silence them.

A devastating indictment of the way that the Irish Church, State andSociety conspired to lock up an entire generation of Irish women.

Ireland's Dirty Laundry

Louise looks after 200 dairy cows on a day-to-day basis. But all of the grazing they do leads to increased levels of nitrate in the groundwater. In order to meet its climate goals, the EU now wants to reduce the size of cow herds to limit the amount of nitrate going into groundwater – meaning Louise may soon have to slaughter a large number of cows. The loss of her animals is not only heartbreaking, it also puts her future as a dairy farmer at stake.

Agriculture

Milking cows has always been Louise’s dream job, but now her future is at stake.

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