Paris, France — One of the world’s best known globe makers was the Italian Franciscan friar and cosmographer Vincenzo Coronelli who was commissioned to make globes for, among others, the Duke of […]
A Glamorous Globe
Celebrating Nature’s Builders on International Beaver Day
They fell trees. They build. They have secret underwater tunnels to enter — most stealthily — into their artfully designed burrows and lodges. They patch up leaks in their dams by pushing […]
Going Grass Roots at Ground Control
Paris, France — It’s one of the more iconic urban renewal programs in the heart of the French capital just minutes from the Gare du Lyon train station and a short walk […]
A Royal Abbey, Roses and the Heritage of a Hermit
The Royal Abbey of Saint-Riquier in the Somme administrative department of what was once the province of Picardy is regarded as a jewel of Gothic architecture. Founded by a Frankish abbot and […]
Last Chance to See
Paris, France — It is one of the French capital’s most engaging cultural institutions: the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain (The Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art). Currently located on the Left Bank […]
Moving Landscapes by the Hand of Man
Paris, France — The devastating effects of phosphate extraction on the tiny island of Nauru. The litter from space exploration sprinkled throughout the great Sonoran desert of the American southwest. The rice […]
Critic’s Choice: The Dream-Like World of Tim Hailand
Jouy-en-Josas, France — Demi Moore as a tree. Dancer and choreographer Stephen Galloway emerges in a flurry of flora. The self-portrait of the artist in a row boat in Monet’s waterlily-filled pond. […]
Onward into the Orchids
Paris, France — An opulent orchid exhibition is underway in one of the delightful greenhouses of the Botanical Gardens of France’s National History Museum in Paris, taking the visitor on a journey […]
Juxtaposing Giacometti
Paris, France —- They never met, though they were contemporaries. Neither one of them particularly liked to travel. They were Alberto Giacometti best known for his sculptures and Giorgio Morandi, the Italian […]
Hats Off, to Mr. Jones
Paris, France — He once famously said « Anything can make a hat ». And he is regarded as one of the greatest of contemporary milliners, perhaps one of the greatest of all time. […]
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