Paris, France — Elaborate jewelry, superbly crafted rings of gold and amethyst. Fine figurines. It was one of the first great civilizations, regarded as one of, if not the oldest port in […]
Paris, France -There was Sèvres, precisely The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, one of the world’s leading porcelain manufactures which has been turning out indelibly elegant prices for over three centuries. Then there is […]
Paris, France —Tales of real-life explorers setting off for faraway places and unexplored realms of the planet usually caught the attention of the entire history or geography class. They set off from […]
Paris, France — They are in agreement, « everything revolves around the human body. » They are the Pakistani-American contemporary artist Huma Bhabha and the great 20th century master Alberto Giacometti. And their works […]
Paris, France — Mummies have fascinated for millennia. They’ve been around for millennia as well. They have emerged in popular culture, notably in film, witness The Mummy movies franchise which began back […]
Versailles, France — They crossed the Atlantic arriving in France in November of 1725. The journey on board La Gironde took 12 weeks. Four Native American tribal leaders and the princess daughter […]
Paris, France — It is a highly cosmopolitan affair, the great modern and contemporary art fair that is Art Paris, which is being played out this year until April 12th under the […]
The Secret Flowers Bracelet-Watch, 1940, yellow gold, diamonds, sapphires. Collection Van Cleef & Arpels. Photo courtesy Van Cleef & Arpels. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette Paris, France — There is the vivacious […]
Geneva — The Rare Watches live auction on May 11th at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva will feature the property of the late Quincy Jones. Three pieces, each with […]
Thousands of wild flowers, a bright rendering of the spring, a dancing horse and fanciful peacocks all form the imaginative world of Dom Robert, Benedictine monk, artist and a master of contemporary […]
