Drinking alcohol is part of everyday life in the West. But Gen Z isn’t reaching for the bottle as often.

Mahraganat mixes techno and hip-hop with traditional Egyptian music to create a sound that expresses working-class youth identity.

Panagiotis Souroukli was born in Georgia and sold for adoption in Cyprus as a newborn baby.

Reports from international bodies document the torture and inhuman conditions inflicted on Palestinians held in Israeli detention.

As Poland takes on the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, we take a look a country that could become a true European leader.

As many Mexicans go hungry amid the lockdown, drug traffickers have started handing out care packages of food

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface... 

Many French people cross the border to Belgium to end their lives in dignity, where assisted dying is possible.

The Argentinian-Spanish artist Sofía Gabanna is one of the most exciting discoveries in Iberian hip hop. 

A comic book dialogue about the Middle East is the result of a collaboration between the two legends of the artform, Joe Sacco and Art Spiegelman.

Depictions of nude women can be objectifying and insulting. But Venus is perhaps more inclusive than she looks

Olympia is a classic Venus with a 19th century twist: she's a prostitute

The painting that caused a scandal

A famous image that at first glance looks totally innocent, but is in actual fact full of innuendo

Representations of Diana in art are a contradictory mix of fantasy and repulsion. 

Hercules is known as an allegory of strength and virility. But his love life doesn't quite match up to that

Is Saint Thomas' touching of Jesus' wounds homoerotic?

The painter explores the sensuality of the encounter between Leda and Jupiter

The Sistine Chapel could have looked very different...

Is this an episode about Catholic saints or BDSM? Maybe... both?