Paris, France — It is a mystical and mysterious feast for the five senses that is being played out in the Petit Palais, a palatial-like building built in 1900 and housing the […]
A Magical Cortical Kingdom Comes to Life at the Petit Palais
Critic’s Choice: Voodoo Visions
Paris, France —Walking through twisting trees of gold in a sacred forest. Colorful masked gods, souls merging into life. The works of French photographer Eric Bottero and Benin-born journalist and photographer Gopal […]
Nurses, the Silent Heroines of the Great War
Meaux, France —The war raged. The wounded and suffering arrived, massively in 1914. World War I in France would become a turning point for the nursing profession, a profession which at that […]
Living Amber
Paris, France — It was considered to be talismanic, able to bring supernatural benefits and protection to its wearer, including immortality, this glowing organic « gem » that is amber. It can generate static […]
There is Never a Bridge Too Far…in Paris
Paris, France —These are mesmerizing photographs. Black and white long-exposure photographs taken with black and white film placed into the back of a large-format Mamiya camera, one of the finest of the […]
The Tropical Autumn: A Sacred Season of Striated Shades of Greens and Reds, and More, Much More
Paris, France — Iridescent undergrowth, a rainbow of colors, secret jewel orchids, the ground-dwelling, healing, potentially cancer curing periwinkle, the peaceful passiflora, and of course the beguiling begonias all await to be […]
In and Out of Africa: The African Art Fair Returns to Paris for an Exciting 8th Time
Paris, France — Colorful street art, eye-catching photography, intriguing woven works, performance art and more all emanating from the African continent and diaspora came together during one of the most intriguing of […]
Guerlain: Baudelaire’s Fragrant, Flagrant Flowers
Paris, France —Poet, essayist, art critic and translator, Charles Baudelaire first published what would become his best known work in 1857, « Les Fleurs de Mal », The Flowers of Evil. While the principle […]
A Hautingly Beautiful Halloween
Dampierre-en-Yvelines — The castle and gardens of the Domaine de Dampierre-en-Yvelines, the Domain of the Dukes of Chevreuse, welcomed the kings and queens of France into its celebrated iconic walls for fabulous […]
A Joyful Jewel-Filled Journey
Paris, France — Paris was an open-air jewelry box throughout the month of October as the Parcours Bijoux (Bijoux Pathway) brought some 250 contemporary jewelry makers, creators, artists and designers to museums, […]
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