The R.o.R+ contemporary art festival is taking place at Vila Vipolže in Slovenia’s Brda region, exploring water, microplastics and the interconnectedness of human life and the environment. This year, the festival is being held at the historic venue for th
The anniversary edition of European Researchers’ Night in Nicosia, marking its 20th year, drew more than 5,000 visitors, including over 2,000 schoolchildren. Organised by the Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF), the event featured more than 75 exhibi
Six books spanning the breadth of contemporary literary non-fiction — from biography and historical scholarship to investigative journalism and reporting from war-torn Syria — have been shortlisted for the 2026 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction.
The second edition of Montenegro Today 2026, a major research and exhibition project organised by the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro, has come to an end. The project brought together 94 artists, whose works were presented across four exhibition
After a 14-year hiatus, Albania has revived its National Film Festival, bringing the country’s cinema back to audiences in Tirana. The festival was staged across four venues in the capital — the University of Arts, Agimi Cinema, the Pyramid of Tirana and
Tallinn has closed the 12th international contemporary photography fair Foto Tallinn 2026 with the strongest results in the project’s history. According to Estonia’s public broadcaster ERR, attendance nearly doubled compared with the previous edition, whi
Riga is bidding farewell to the 17th International Contemporary Art Festival Survival Kit, one of the Baltic region’s most influential annual cultural events, organised by the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art.
Malta brought part of its Venice story back home. In Sliema, a ten-day exhibition, Diamonds in the Rough: Research Processes in the Context of No Need to Sparkle, offered a behind-the-scenes look at the research and creative process that led to Malta’s na
Pope Leo XIV has inaugurated AQVA, a major artistic project at the Vatican Apostolic Library and the first exhibition in the new five-year cycle Catastrophe and Wonder.