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Introspection is central to the soft-hued paintings of Jenya Datsko. Born in Russia and now based in Valencia, Spain, the emerging artist creates intimate portraits of women as an exploration into loneliness and melancholy, as well as intrigue and mystery. Opening today at Villazan's VLAB gallery in Madrid, Datsko is showcasing an exclusive presentation of work entitled UNA HISTORIA EN PALABRAS NUNCA DICHAS” (A STORY IN UNTOLD WORDS).Datsko's recurring female character appears self-referential in appearance, but explores emotion universal to the human condition. Lost in thought, each woman emits a search for identity amidst the busy street scenes and plazas to which they are usually placed within. Inspired by the history of Russian art and literature, she balances the fleeting semblances h...

Everything surrounding Luna Luna sounds like the making of a gripping Netflix documentary. A legendary cast, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein and Salvador Dalí, all came together to create bespoke work for the world's first art amusement park. Instead of debuting in a big metropolis like New York or London, the park would opt for humble Hamburg, Germany. Then just after three short months, the event organizer, Austrian artist and entrepreneur André Heller, faced a series of legal challenges that ultimately closed its intended world-wide tour, and led to all of its many valuable artwork to fall in obscurity for nearly 36 years, until Drake came in to breathe new life. It's been quite the journey. But alongside the Canadian rapper, eager fans and art aficionados...

Four years on, Paris' Notre Dame cathedral is finally close to being renovated after a fire scourged the roof of the 860-year-old monument in 2019. Onlookers got a teaser to what the restored spire will look like as organizers raised a new golden rooster atop the historic site.A national symbol of France, the Gallic rooster has historically signified hope and faith since the Middle Ages, having adorned a number of national emblems and monuments — from the crest of French National Football Team to the tip of Notre Dame de Paris's spire.The fact that the original rooster survived the disaster signaled that "there was hope, that not everything was lost," according to Philippe Villeneuve, the chief architect in the restoration process. "The beauty of the [old] battered rooster... expressed the...