In its quest to curb waste, Brussels may have inadvertently constructed a formidable administrative wall. From 12 August 2026, the Single Market faces a paradox: a harmonised environmental goal enforced through national compliance systems that risk making occasional cross-border sales economically irrational for Europe’s smallest businesses.
Carlotta Leiter’s sTracciati opened in Trieste, turning discarded paper and fragments into fragile, audacious portraits of women.
Lissadell Céilí Band won the senior All-Ireland title as Belfast’s first Fleadh Cheoil reached its final competitive evening.
Catherine Opie’s first solo exhibition in Scotland brings nearly 80 portraits to Edinburgh, exploring visibility, intimacy and belonging.
Imagined Flora opens at the Honolulu Museum of Art, bringing seven rarely seen 1955 paintings by Ralph Iwamoto back to his birthplace.
Olalekan Jeyifous opens his first solo museum exhibition at the Walker Art Center, transforming Mississippi River histories into a speculative ecological archive.