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If you missed your chance to snap up one of the coveted tickets to the Louvre’s Leonardo da Vinci exhibition, now is the time to start caffeinating. The Paris museum will be open all night long for the final three days of the exhibition. Bookings open tomorrow, February 11 to secure a slot during the […] More
A July 1958 cover of features a coquettish, red-lipped model wearing white-rimmed sunglasses and a striped sun hat. She peers out at the viewer through a cool blue lens, the corners of her mouth pricking upward. “Easy Living,” the text beside her croons. “Armchair Shopping. Summer Reading. New Beauty Box.” Then, a little further down […] More
The middle of the 20th century was a tumultuous time for the 22 countries of the Arab world. It was a period of decolonization and industrialization, of war and mass-migration. It saw the rise of socialism, the global oil boom, and the formation of new nations. “Because many of these countries were entering the world […] More
Museums, nonprofits, and the culture ministry of Berlin are collaborating on a multi-year project to address the city’s long colonial legacy. Between now and 2024, organizers of the program will map colonial sites around the city and mount exhibitions and events looking at how Berlin benefited from Germany’s brutal presence in part of present-day Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad, Ghana, […] More
True identity of sitter found to be 17th-century lord mayor of London, and not French prince A colossal portrait long thought to be of France’s Grand Dauphin that hung for a century in a corridor of the central bank in Paris has been revealed to be British. The true identity of the sitter, with elaborate […] More
Iranian artist Sohrab Kashani lives in Tehran, but you can visit his apartment—which serves as a contemporary art venue as well as his home—in Pittsburgh, where is on view at the Mattress Factory. The project, a collaboration with artist Jon Rubin, features a scaled reproduction of Kashani’s home, and the artists will stage matching exhibitions […] More
Exhibition marks bicentenary of nursing pioneer’s birth with focus on life after Crimean war An exhibition on Florence Nightingale which marks 200 years since her birth will shine a spotlight on her as an older woman. Nightingale is often pictured in her 30s, when she nursed wounded soldiers in the Crimean war. Related: Florence Nightingale, […] More
From the 17th to the 20th century the kimono was the principal piece of clothing in Japan for both men and women. But now it’s an inspiration for fashion all over the world Fashion as we know it – the business of clothes-as-zeitgeist, as distinct from simple dressmaking – was invented in Paris by Louis […] More
