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, […]
Into the Imagination
Celebrating Home
Paris, France — Bold brush strokes, vivid colors, luminous, it is one of the capital’s most original and astonishing exhibitions. These are the artist’s interpretations of the Kaiadilt, her people, the surrounding […]
Portuguese Modernism and a 19th Century Estate
Yerres, France — This is a fabulous destination just 20 minutes from Paris. The Maison Caillebotte is nestled in a sprawling park filled with period buildings from the 19th century like the […]
The Man Who Brought Ancient Egypt to the World: Jean-François Champollion
Paris, France — Mummies, pyramids, the sphinx. Since Antiquity the art and civilization of Ancient Egypt has fascinated the world. It is a magical world with its pantheon of anthropomorphic gods and […]
Paintings from a Certain Paradise
Paris, France —This is a fantastical world of color, shapes and forms. Worlds filled with animals real and surreal, homes and houses and an outpouring of joy. This is the imaginary world, […]
Where Worlds Merge and Emerge
Paris, France — Fetiches from the Congo, ancient Japanese Buddhas, depictions of the Gods of Ancient Egypt, the clubs of power and prestige from Oceania, headrests from Africa for elaborate coiffures. Parcours […]
Meanderings in the Marais
Paris, France — It is one of the historic hearts of Paris, filled with distinguished manor houses, mainstream and offbeat museums, art galleries and cultural institutions. The Marais, practically in the center […]
Engraved for Eternity
Paris, France —Cameos from Antiquity and the Middle Ages, scarabs of carved carnelian, an emperor etched in a ruby. This is the fascinating world of hard carved stone, a precious art that […]
The Magic and Mystery of Apulia
Paris, France — Abundant amphoras, those containers from Antiquity, a medieval mosaic depicting a griffin, a classical Greek wine jug configured with the intriguing head of a woman, zoomorphic rhytona, conical containers […]
The Marvels of Machu Picchu
Paris, France —These were the Chavin, the Nazca, the Moche, the Wari, the Chimu and finally the Incas, civilizations spanning 3,000 years of Peruvian history from 1250 B.C. to the 16th century. […]
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