Visual arts

The Benaki Museum's Pireos Street annex presents "Yannis Tsarouchis: Illustrating an Autobiography - Second Part (1940-1989)." The exhibition is part of a group of themed presentations of the permanent collections of the Yannis Tsarouchis Foundation.

The Baksı Museum, established in the Bayraktar village of the northeastern province of Bayburt and the recipient of the 2014 European Council Museum Award, will host an extraordinary personal exhibition in 2017 from its founder, Professor Hüsamettin Koçan. 

The first permanent year-round ice hotel is preparing to open its doors to the public in Sweden in mid-December this year.

 
Aptly named Icehotel 365, the resort features 55 rooms, including 20 suites, all of which are made from local, eco-friendly material — namely, 30,000 liters of frozen water from the Torne River.

"Is a neighbor someone you really see?" This is how the press conference for the announcement of the framework for The 15th Istanbul Biennial started. 

Nearly 20,000 pieces of glass have been unearthed and evaluated amid excavations at the ancient site of Bathonea on the Küçükçekmece Lake Basin in Istanbul's Avcılar district.

According to archeologists, the glass findings reveal that locals in the area 1,500 years ago had high living standards, using strained glass in buildings as well as window glasses. 

A bronze medal depicting a 2nd century BC bust of Athena Promachos is currently on display in the "Gods and Heroes of Ancient Greeks" exhibition at the State Historical Museum of Russia in Moscow. The exhibition, which runs to February, is part of the "Year of Greece in Russia" series of events.

A short animation directed by Theodore Ushev, using Georgi Gospodinov's story Blind Vaysha was included in the list of top 10 proposals, one of which will be selected for Oscar nominations 2017, according to WebCafe.

The movie is part of the book And other stories (Writings from an Unbound Europe) (2001), translated into German, English, Italian and others.

He is one of the most colorful figures in rock 'n' roll, but when it comes to photography, Elton John embraces black and white.  Scores of vintage images from the musician's collection are on display in "The Radical Eye," an exhibition that opened last week at London's Tate Modern.

Nearly 30% of women in Bulgaria are victims of domestic violence, in public places or at work, according to the report by the Federation of Transport Trade Unions in Bulgaria (FTTUB).

A revolutionary nail polish that can detect common date rape drugs may only be months away from hitting retail stores nationwide.

Undercover Colors, the manufacturer of this novelty varnish, has hinted that the wearable tech product could possibly be available in 2017 after receiving a $5.5 million investment to help facilitate its launch.