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Kendal, Zaatar and Barnt set up their turntables in the Atomium, surrounded by the luminous works of the Visual System collective. Three frenzied sets that transform this iconic Brussels landmark into a veritable electro club.

Atomium Club, Brussels

Kendal, Zaatar and Barnt

AIR perform their iconic album Moon Safari at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall. Return to the tail end of the 1990s with this exceptional concert, when the "French Touch" scene was conquering hearts and minds from the European continent to Hollywood.

Royal Albert Hall

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Kendal, Zaatar et Barnt

Kendal, Zaatar und Barnt

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Kendal, Zaatar i Barnt

Kendal, Zaatar e Barnt

Three DJs and electro producers take over the iconic Atomium in Brussels.

Air bring their totemic French Touch founding album to London's Royal Albert Hall.

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Belgian collective NAFT set the ESNS festival alight with their fearsome blend of brass and electro. A real siren call in honour of the glorious release of celebration that's almost impossible to resist.

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NAFT blurs the lines between electronic and acoustic at the ESNS festival.

NAFT

As techno label Ostgut Ton turns 16, ARTE Concert is livestreaming three gigs exclusively from the Halle am Berghain. On this second night, the party continues in the old boiler room. Six DJ sets will blend a variety of rhythms and styles.

As techno label Ostgut Ton turns 16, ARTE Concert is livestreaming three gigs exclusively from the Halle am Berghain

Live From the Halle am Berghain: Day Two

German producer and performer Ben Böhmer is one of the great architects of electronic music. He is known for his haunting sounds and deep, dreamlike beats. His new album Bloom comes out in September, and his world tour has brought him to the prestigious Sónar 2024 festival in Barcelona.

Sónar 2024

The German producer and performer, a veritable icon of the electronic scene, takes to the stage at Barcelona's Sónar festival.

Ben Böhmer live

Annie Clark- AKA St. Vincent- is one of the most elusive figures in world rock. Yet here she is headlining the ARTE Concert Festival 2024 to mark the release of her album All Born Screaming.

ARTE Concert Festival 2024

The rock chameleon appears live at the ARTE Concert Festival.

St. Vincent

Iranian-Dutch singer-songwriter Sevdaliza mixes electronic, indie, trip-hop and r'n'b. In Passengers, she performs from her latest album Shabrang at the Arts et Métiers Museum in Paris.

Passengers: Paris Arts et Métiers Museum

Sevdaliza

Irishman Ronan Harris is the brain behind VNV Nation as well as the only permanent member of the group. His project was first launched in 1990, gradually laying the foundations for the pop of the future. VNV Nation (the three letters stand for ‘Victory Not Vengeance’) and its danceable trance has been a regular fixture in the German charts, with no less than eleven albums finding success there. His discography also includes an acclaimed collaboration with the Babelsberg film studio orchestra.

M'era Luna Festival 2024

Ronan Harris has been working on this project since 1990, laying the foundations for the pop of the future.

VNV Nation

The British band Jungle represents neo-soul with broken rhythms that stay extremely danceable. They copied the sound and style from legendary artists such as Daft Punk, Chet Baker and Thom Yorke. The result is a rich, sun-drenched sound. Jungle performs for ARTE in the Paris Metro.

Passengers: Paris Metro

Jungle performs for ARTE in the Paris Metro. The British duo will play their greatest hits.

Jungle

Bikôkô is set on propelling soul and R'n'B into a new era. Discover all the freshness of this Barcelona-born Londoner at the ARTE Concert Festival 2024.

Bikôkô, an artist between soul and R'n'B.

Bikôkô

NNAVY puts Switzerland on the map of European neo-soul. Thanks to the warm, intimate melodies of her EP CLOSER, the young singer has cast a spell over the ESNS festival.

The ESNS festival is rocked by the neo-soul of Swiss diva NNAVY.

NNAVY

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The breakout success of Chinese DeepSeek has shaken the US’s position as a global leader in artificial intelligence. But although it might seem like a two-horse race between the US and China, the EU was the first region in the world to have created a legal framework for AI and is starting to massively invest in supercomputing and innovation. As the European Commission said, “The race for AI is far from over.”

Is Europe still in the AI race?

Europe may be lagging behind in AI technology, but DeepSeek’s rise is a sign it could catch up.

ARTE Europe Weekly

Diwa is only 11 years old. She is one of the thousands of victims of a crime that is hardly reported on in Europe but which is causing havoc in the Philippines. She was raped by her parents, live on the internet, to satisfy the desires of foreign paedophiles who paid for the spectacle of her rape, giving instructions from a distance.

Philippines: Child Rape Online

Thousands of children in the Philippines have been abused, live on the internet. Report on a shocking crime.

ARTE Reportage

Not all nipples are the same. On Instagram or Facebook female breasts are censured whereas the bare male torso is allowed. Some artists are challenging this double standard. 

All Nipples are Not Equal

Not all nipples are the same. On Instagram or Facebook female breasts are censured whereas the bare male torso is not. Some artists are challenging this double standard. 

Gymnastics

What is the secret of a good relationship? Ronja von Rönne meets Anna König and Paul Hoepner, who are in an open relationship and Kalle and Annett Wulf, who have been monogamous for years. How have they managed to preserve their love and build a happy life together?

A Good Relationship

What is the secret of a good relationship? Ronja von Rönne meets people who live in open and monogamous relationships.

Unhappy

Forget about polar bears and their pristine icy wilderness. As the icecap melts with climate change the arctic is becoming a strategic region for maritime traffic, oil and gas.

An Arctic Cold War

As the icecap melts with climate change the arctic is becoming a strategic region for maritime traffic, oil and gas.

Stories of Conflict

Iceland is a long way north and a difficult place to grow food. But some enthusiastic pioneers are growing their own vegetables using Iceland’s abundant geothermal energy and some crafty sustainable techniques.

Enthusiastic pioneers are growing vegetables in a harsh climate using crafty sustainable techniques.

Re: Iceland's Vegetable Boom

Every year for 45 days, Uruguay lives to the rhythm of Carnival. In Montevideo, the capital, carnival traditions are taken very seriously: Candombe, the special carnival music and dance developed by Afro-Uruguayans, is a highly prized art form and is inscribed on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Montevideo: Dancing to the Rhythm of Carnival

Every year for 45 days, Uruguay lives to the rhythm of Carnival and the country's traditional art form: Candombe.

360° Reportage

Frankfurt’s Bahnhofsviertel is notorious for crime, drug use, and a party vibe. But what for some is a dangerous zombie land, is also home to some 3,500 ordinary Frankfurters. A trip to one of Germany’s most disreputable neighbourhoods which is also a place of hope and community.

A trip to one of Germany’s most disreputable neighbourhoods which is also a place of hope and community.

Re: Frankfurt's Notorious Station District

The Prix de Lausanne final marks the culmination of an exceptionally intense week, during which young people from all over the world have risen to the top. They present themselves one last time to the competition jury.

Prix de Lausanne 2025

Last chance to shine for the Prix de Lausanne 2025 finalists.

Finals

The menopause can still be a taboo subject for many. But in Spain, particularly progressive in women’s rights, a more open discussion about this period in a woman’s life is taking place.

In Spain, a more open discussion about the menopause is taking place.

Re: Spain - Breaking Taboos about the Menopause

Dancers from the Compagnie Hervé Koubi take over the Château d'Ormesson for Sur Mesure. This performance, a blend of dance and acrobatics, is brought to life by Quatuor Voce and Jasser Haj Youssef.

Sur Mesure

An encounter between dance and classical music led by the Compagnie Hervé Koubi.

Compagnie Hervé Koubi

When a minor earthquake throws life coach Aaron’s world into turmoil, he tries to find out the cause of this unusual event. A musical short film that plunges into the world of conspiracy theories.

When a minor earthquake throws life coach Aaron’s world into turmoil, he tries to understand why it happened.

I Am the Architect of My Life

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

The Painting that Divides Humanity

"The big problem of science is that science is not a very good storyteller" says the Israeli philosopher and bestselling writer Yuval Noah Harari. Jagoda Marinić interviews one of the major thinkers of our time and finds out what books have inspired him throughout his life.

With Yuval Noah Harari

Jagoda Marinić interviews one of the major thinkers of our time and finds out what books have inspired him throughout his life.

The Book of My Life

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979.  This means that 1 in 5 Chinese men will not be able to find a partner in five years’ time.

Chinese men are suffering. There are simply not enough women to go around since China implemented its one-child policy in 1979. 

China: Men without Women

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

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It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?

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Sting at the Pantheon in Paris

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Every day, Janne Aikio travels long distances to look after the elderly, most of whom are Sami. A population whose daily life is punctuated by ancestral activities.

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Kendal, Zaatar and BarntAtomium Club, Brussels

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