The 71st Berlin Film Festival opens on Monday in an online version due to the pandemic and featuring movies about the horrors of the Lebanese civil war, a humanoid and a young man's journey of self discovery kicking off the five-day event, dpa reported. The three movies form part of the 15-film race for the Golden Bear - the Berlinale's top prize for best picture, due to be announced by a six-member jury on Friday, along with the festival's other prestigious awards.

The soulful road drama "Nomadland" and the bawdy prank comedy "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" collected the top film prizes at the 78th Golden Globe Awards on Sunday at a largely virtual ceremony, NBC news reported.

A painting by Vincent Van Gogh is to be shown to the public for the first time, after spending more than a century in the private collection of a French family, Reuters reported. The work, painted in 1887 will be put on display by Sotheby's auction house in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and Paris, prior to being auctioned off next month.

On 7 March, one of the most beloved and popular conductors and composers, Frederic Chaslin, will be the guest star at Bulgaria Hall in Sofia. Under his baton, the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra will present his Theme and Variations for Trombone and Orchestra on Symphony No. 3 by Gustav Mahler, Four Last Songs by Richard Strauss and Symphony No. 38 in D major (Prague) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Many people perceive art just as an extra in their lives and do not realise that it is a very powerful way to develop their imagination, which in turn makes it possible for them to change their life perspectives - not to be staring at the ground only, but also to be able to soar, says film director Nikolay Vassilev.

The personal art collection of installation artist Christo and his wife and creative partner Jeanne-Claude was sold at auction in Paris on Thursday for more than €9.2m ($11m), dpa reported.

Li Minhui (vocal) and Huang Boyu (piano) have won gold medals for exceptional achievement in chamber music at the ХI. International Competition and Festival of Arts, Music, Vocals, Dance and Folklore “Winter Stars of Dresden 2021”. The two Chinese natives are doing their doctoral studies under the tutelage of Prof. Toni Shererdzieva-Novak, PhD and Assoc. Prof. Lyudmil Petkov, PhD at the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts in Plovdiv.

On 25 February, pianist Sergei Redkin and conductor Sascha Goetzel are set to perform at Bulgaria Hall in Sofia. The evening's programme will include Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the chamber orchestra piece Sinfonietta Op. 23 by Alexander Zemlinsky. At the conductor's podium will be Sofia Philharmonic's principal guest conductor Sascha Goetzel.

As the pandemic prevented the live performance of the musical La Fée Sorcière at its saloon in mid-January, now BOZAR, the iconic Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels is working to bring this amazing fairy tale to the pupils directly into their classroom.

Nature never fails to amaze me with its shapes and colours. I could spend hours on a meadow somewhere, gazing at a flower that takes my breath away with its perfection, says artist Lyuben Domozetski in an interview to EUROPOST.