Debate has erupted in Denmark over the fate of a mermaid statue that is to be removed from public view after being decried as “ugly and pornographic”
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Matias Faldbakken unveils design for Norwegian national memorial to 2011 attacks – twelve-metre high mosaic will show the reflection of a wading bird native to Utøya island
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Carl Bloch's lost masterpiece finds fame again in Athens – work that made its Danish creator a superstar then mysteriously disappeared is mesmerising art lovers once more
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Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson is set to take over some of the world's biggest public spaces in his most impressive installation piece yet
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The 2,000 year-old city of mosaics
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Walrus Freya killed by Norway gets Oslo sculpture – online campaign earlier raised $25,000 to make the statue
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How flip-flop art helps clean Kenya's beaches | World Wide Waste
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Oslo's vast National Museum opens with tapestry of 400 reindeer skulls – the ‘grey box’ has been eight years and £500m in the making
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Mona Lisa targeted in Louvre cake-throwing attack. Famous work by Leonardo da Vinci wasn't damaged.
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Norway's £500m National Museum to open after eight-year wait – director apologises for delays that have kept Munch's The Scream out of public view
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Denmark now has two Little Mermaids. The famous one is suing.
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Diorama Map - Sohei Nishino
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The battle of SHARKS!
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An ephemeral artwork made with thousands of footsteps in the snow has captured attention near Finland's capital of Helsinki
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Statue of a woman made out of rubble from Beirut mega explosion - Lebanese artist Hayat Nazer
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Berlin mystery attack targets seventy museum artifacts
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If the Louvre was on fire, should we rescue the art first or the people?
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The statue of the Little Mermaid in the entrance to Copenhagen harbour has been daubed with the words “racist fish”
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Copenhagen's third annual Light Festival sparked into life over the weekend, with colourful displays from artists and designers
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Unknown vandals scrawled 'Free Hong Kong' in red paint on the base of the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen
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Norway's Bodø named a European Capital of Culture for 2024
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Thousands of sandcastles appear on Helsinki beach as part of massive public art project
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Danish capital is spirited and busy but there are nooks of tranquillity, says urban sketcher João Albergaria
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Vivian Cherry: A lifetime photographing New York's streets – in pictures
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Manhole covers: A window into a city’s soul – in pictures
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Meet Subset: The street art collective taking back Dublin
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