Paris, France — Photographer, chronicler, photojournalist, Martin Parr is known for the depth and breadth of his photography projects. At times the approach is satirical, anthropological, but always offering a unique insight […]
Martin Parr: An Iconic Eye on the Irish
It’s Champagne Time with the House of Charpentier and Gourmet Cheeses
Paris, France — It was probably one of the most surprising and successful of food and wine pairings. Two of France’s great gastronomic specialties — raw milk cow cheeses and champagne — […]
Juxtaposing Giacomettti
Paris, France — It is one of the Parisian gems tucked away in the Montparnasse neighborhood, a neighborhood that has historically been the predilection of artists, among them Alberto Giacometti. Sculptor, painter, […]
Critic’s Choice: An Amazing Aquarium
Paris, France — Fine Arts Paris La Biennale, the elegant art and antique fair, drew to a close last November 13th after welcoming 17,000 art collectors, connaisseurs, decorators, museum curators, art lovers […]
The Fine and the Fabulous at Fine Arts Paris La Biennale
Paris, France —A trove of treasures descended once again on Paris last November 9 to the 13th as Fine Arts Paris La Biennale welcomed an enthusiastic and numerous public of ardent art […]
Orenda: An Outlook on the World
Paris, France— Sculpted wood, dancing wood, Native American masks of the great north and the exceptional participation of Jean Malaurie, the great French explorer now in his 100th year all come together […]
Plunging into the Forest Primeval
Paris, France — The equatorial rain forest of French Guiana— one of the best preserved in the world — is home to more than 5,000 species of plants including 1,700 species of […]
The Plague of Phylloxera: When Cognac Was Culled
Cognac, France —They are pale yellow and nearly microscopic, they are insidious, they violently attack roots, leaves and suck sap, notably the sap of commercial grape vines, until they are dry and […]
Moments in Time: The Reverso 1931 Café Time
New York, New York — Two icons of Art Deco design joined forces last November 1st: New York City and Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso timepiece. The timepiece was created in 1931 and much of […]
Into the Imagination
Halloween has always provoked the imagination. A story of spooks, good and bad, witches and broomsticks, in short the fantastical, the symbolic. An alternative way of looking at things, at times surreal, […]
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