From Arctic art to the Disgusting Food Museum: Europe’s top 10 culture destinations for 2024

Malta’s first art biennale, Copenhagen’s repurposed Carlsberg district, the first Arctic Circle capital of culture … this year promises a feast of cultural activity

Dalí, Darwin and Doodle Boy: an arty weekend in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

It’s the last week to catch the annual summer arts trail, but there are year-round attractions in this medieval market town

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Parisian panache: six of the most spectacular Paris Métro stations

Grand designs will feature in a major expansion of the Paris Métro, but there is plenty of theatricality, beauty and swagger on show at existing stations

Malmö design festival fights back against the flat-pack

Sweden’s third city showcases independent artists and stylish restaurants reviving Scandinavia’s offbeat, sustainable design

From childhood to cubism: on the Picasso travel trail in Spain and France

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the artist’s death. Here are seven great spots to commemorate his work. By Louise Roddon

Picasso pilgrimage: a Spanish art trail marking 50 years since his death

From Málaga to Madrid, there’s a fiesta of special exhibitions this year in the places where the artist lived and worked

An arty weekend in … north Norfolk

Discover Rachel Whiteread in a PM’s parkland, Emin and Freud in the pub, and a picture-postcard beach

An arty weekend in … Southend-on-Sea, Essex

The seaside town hosts a street-art festival and the world’s first digital art park, while nearby Leigh is packed with galleries

An arty weekend in … Bishop Auckland, County Durham

The former mining town is home to Velázquez, Murillo and El Greco, the art of pitmen, and its own artist-designed tweed

An arty weekend in … Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway

A haven for artists since the 19th century, the harbour town of Kirkcudbright offers art walks, trails and a resident Rembrandt

An arty weekend in … Petworth, West Sussex

Lee Miller, Frank Auerbach and Picasso have all starred recently at this pretty market town’s eyecatching new gallery

An arty weekend in … St Davids, Pembrokeshire

In the first of a new series of art-inspired field trips, we explore the tiny city that is home to Wales’s first contemporary art hotel, Graham Sutherland exhibitions, and an epic coastline to sketch