Paris, France — These were the copyists. But they weren’t sitting comfortably in a museum copying works of art on a building wall. They braved deserts and caves often hanging from a […]
Mania, Prehistoric Mania
Escaping into Ancient Egypt with a Fabulous Pharaoh
Paris, France — A landmark event is taking place in Paris bringing together role playing with an exhibition rooted in Ancient Egypt. This Ancient Egypt that continues to fascinate is currently centrally […]
Vertiginous Visions
Paris, France — Snakes and mermaids, dragonflies and panthers. crowns of peacock feathers. A colorful and dream-filled exhibition is unfolding at the Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac in Paris. These are shamanistic […]
Moments in Time: Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night Time
What better back drop for time than a star-filled night. Precisely Vincent van Gogh’s celebrated oil-on-canvas, The Starry Night, possibly his most famous painting, one that seemingly glows from within. The Swiss […]
An Air of Arborescence
Sète, France —This is a journey into a secret forest. A forest of brightly colored, at times darkly colored, trees. These are trees rendered in a fashion that hovers between the figurative […]
Downtown New York in Uptown Paris
Paris, France — Enter into a 5-story private mansion on the Avenue Matignon, one of the French capital’s gallery rows, to discover a part of the iconic 1980s New York art scene. […]
A Discovery of Dazzling Drawings
Paris, France — Every year in March the rarely seen world of drawings unfolds when the French capital becomes the Drawing Capital of the World. For they are fragile things, drawings, and […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Fare Find: The Captivating Café Philippe
Paris, France — Don’t let names deceive. This place is much more than a café, although the coffee, from the house of Coutume, is exceptionally excellent. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and afternoon cocktails […]
The Loveliness of Landscapes: The Neue Galerie Presents Klimt’s Landscape Paintings
New York, New York — The Neue Galerie in New York is offering a rare glimpse into the stunning landscape paintings by Gustav Klimt, a central figure in the cultural life of […]
An Architectural Atmosphere
Paris, France — Pigments and chalk, bamboo and silk thread. It is a world of simplicity in earth tones. A world of calm evoking a life force of sorts. This world is […]
