Early cinema perfected the art of special effects with Spanish filmmaker Segundo de Chomón an early pioneer.

Roma culture  is influencing fashion designers such as Spain’s Juana Martin.

How do we live in a world in crisis? Architecture projects that respond to today's problems are emerging, particularly in Spain. 

It was during the Communist era that Polish fantasy emerged, reflecting a desire to escape to a better world.

With the disco polo music genres, could Poland be making kitsch into an art form?

To compete with the glamourous cities of the West, Warsaw commissioned inventive neon lighting across the city. 

As Europe moves away from the polluting fossil fuel, many of Poland's coal mines have been converted into art centres.

A trip to Naples to discover the centuries’ old Feminielli; a unique queer identity. 

Concrete giants, unfinished buildings that mar the landscape can be found across Italy. But why are they there? And could they be used for?

ARTE journalist Marieta Frías takes us to southern Spain where a remote desert became an unlikely setting for some classic Westerns.