Milan Kundera

Probably inspired by the Mona Lisa, the great renaissance artist Raphael painted this portrait of a young woman, but why is she holding a mythical beast in her hands?

With all the religious wars, the 17th century was a tense time in Europe. And in art one theme caught everyone’s imagination: the Virgin Mary.

Christian philosophy is based on two abstract and complex concepts, but art can simplify them: Paradise, where everything was good and is lost, and Hell, which is so scary that no one wants to go there. And in between there is…us!

The painter Artemisia Gentileschi was rediscovered in the 1970s by pioneers of gender studies in art. A simple question arose: why are so few great masters women?

Can infinity be defined? is it something that we can feel? And can we express it in a work of art?

Capsule wardrobes, Marie Kondo tidying or living out of a van, can radically limiting one’s possessions make us happy? And what does this mean for artistic creation?

An exclusive look at photography from the GDR, a world that no longer exists.

Martyr usually meet grisly ends and Saint Agatha is no exception: According to legend her breasts were cut off with pliers as a torture.

What does hair symbolise in the visual arts, from the 15th century to the present day?

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

From Antiquity to today’s social media, this documentary looks at the history male domination. Why are we still in a machocracy?

Alice doesn't know if she wants lockdown to end and she's lost her appetite for making love.

A series of sabotage attacks in the EU all point back to Russia. Now the EU has to decide how to respond.

Across Europe, the far right is embedding itself into politics and daily life, but remains fundamentally violent and racist. 

More than 40 years since its creation, Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybus’s defining work is still just as radical.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

The eventful career of the action star from Belgium, nicknamed the Muscles from Brussels.

Two virtuoso piano concertos from Franz Liszt on period instruments with Bertrand Chamayou as soloist.

A leading figure in the British alternative music scene performs in Paris as part of her “Body High’ tour.