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In July, Russian authorities canceled the Outline music and arts festival, officially due to the threat of drone attacks. After the GULAG History Museum in Moscow was forced to close, in June a state-run institution dedicated to documenting the “genocide of the Soviet people” opened on the vacated site.

Valie Export, the Austrian performance artist and filmmaker who inverted the male gaze in ways that were provocative, shocking, and often outrageously fun, has died aged 85.

Allegations of sexual harassment against plastic surgeon Vardan Khachatryan are drawing increasing public scrutiny, as new details emerge in the media.

A senior ministerial aide stated that AI companies will never have to compensate creatives for utilizing their content to train their systems, a statement that has alarmed campaigners who are demanding the Labour Party secure a fairer deal for musicians, artists, and writers from the tech industry.