New York’s MET Hosts First Disney Exhibition

People look at a screen during a press preview for “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts” at the Met in New York, US, Dec. 6, 2021. (AFP)
People look at a screen during a press preview for “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts” at the Met in New York, US, Dec. 6, 2021. (AFP)
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New York’s MET Hosts First Disney Exhibition

People look at a screen during a press preview for “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts” at the Met in New York, US, Dec. 6, 2021. (AFP)
People look at a screen during a press preview for “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts” at the Met in New York, US, Dec. 6, 2021. (AFP)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is hosting an exhibition that explores how the work and studio of Walt Disney (1901-1966) were inspired by the European decorative arts, reported the German news agency.

According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET), this is the first animation exhibition in the history of the museum, featuring classic watches, textiles, embroidered fabrics, and furniture.

Met director Max Hollein said: “Disney’s animations and Rococo’s decorative arts are rich in funny stories, joy, and wonder.”

Running until March 6, 2022, the exhibition “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts,” features 150 Disney animations and productions works with over 60 pieces of European decorative art from the past centuries like furniture and teapots.

The exhibition celebrates classics including Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Beauty and the Beast.



Fire Engulfs Main Stage of Belgium’s Tomorrowland Music Festival Ahead of Friday Start

 Smoke caused by a fire billows above the site of the Tomorrowland electronic music festival in Boom, northern Belgium on July 16, 2025. (AFP)
Smoke caused by a fire billows above the site of the Tomorrowland electronic music festival in Boom, northern Belgium on July 16, 2025. (AFP)
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Fire Engulfs Main Stage of Belgium’s Tomorrowland Music Festival Ahead of Friday Start

 Smoke caused by a fire billows above the site of the Tomorrowland electronic music festival in Boom, northern Belgium on July 16, 2025. (AFP)
Smoke caused by a fire billows above the site of the Tomorrowland electronic music festival in Boom, northern Belgium on July 16, 2025. (AFP)

A huge fire on Wednesday at Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival site has “severely damaged” the main stage two days before the event was due to start, organizers said.

No one was injured in the incident. Images shared on local news sites and social media showed flames and plumes of black smoke engulfing the stage and spreading to nearby woodland.

The annual festival in the town of Boom, north of Brussels, which is scheduled to start Friday, draws tens of thousands of visitors from around Europe.

“Due to a serious incident and fire on the Tomorrowland Mainstage, our beloved Mainstage has been severely damaged,” the organizers posted on the event's website. “We can confirm that no one was injured during the incident.”

The statement said the focus is now on “finding solutions” for the festival weekend. The cause of the fire was not given.