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Bare-knuckle tradition steps into Madagascar's urban spotlight

Madagascar's centuries-old bareknuckle combat sport "moraingy" is punching above its weight in the capital Antananarivo, as fighters and fans gather to celebrate a martial art once reserved for warriors and rural...

Moraingy fighters battle in the "Moraingy Iarivo" sports event, a traditional Madagascan martial art fighting competition that was practised as training for war and as an initiation rite marking the passage to adulthood, at a stadium in Antananarivo, Madagascar April 6, 2025. REUTERS/Zo Andrianjafy

Sculptor Gormley hopes art can be bridge to China despite curbs

Sculptor Gormley hopes art can be bridge to China despite curbs

The women behind Zimbabwe's striking hut painting art

A child mimics her grandmother Peggy Masuku's (not pictured) painting skills at their homestead in Matobo, Matabeleland on September 29, 2024. With its picturesque granite hills and balancing rocks, Matobo Hills is a UNESCO designated World Heritage Site, having the highest concentration of known rock paintings on the African continent, dating back to over a dozen millenia and has places that are considered sacred across Zimbabwe痴 various ethnic groups. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP)

Omani talent breaking new ground with Yazatas

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Top art collector displays rare treasures in Madrid

Spanish-born businessman and art collector, resident in Mexico, Juan Antonio Perez Simon, poses in Madrid on November 8, 2024. Perez Simon's lifelong passion for art has led to a collection boasting 4,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures and decorative objects by masters such as Van Gogh, Sisley, Picasso, Rubens, Goya, Monet, Renoir, Magritte and Rothko. The new art-exhibition at Madrid's grandiose Cibeles Palace, "70 great masters of the Perez Simon collection", runs to mid-January and is awash with gems ranging from the 16th century to today. (Photo by Pierre-Philippe MARCOU / AFP)

This Omani art installation reminds of resilience of nature in urban setting

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Oman blooms in Seoul

Omani floral work on display by Madhvi Ramesh Khimji's at World Flower Council, Seoul

A celebration of art and emotion at Gallery Sarah

A contemporary art solo exhibition titled ‘Journey of Souls’ by Dr Shalini Gupta Kumar (1)

Europe’s last Lenin museum to close in Finland

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Andy Warhol artworks stolen in the Netherlands

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Dazzling mural art show concludes in Sur

Muscat Art Fair explores interwoven worlds of innovation, artistry and identity

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Oman set to dazzle Dubai Design Week as Altqadum Group hosts unique cultural performance

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Over 200 Artists Featured at Muscat Art 2024

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Bright Fingers: An Exhibition of Creativity and Resilience for the Hearing Impaired

Bright Fingers: An Exhibition of Creativity and Resilience for the Hearing Impaired

'Unique sensation': young climber scales French skyscrapers

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