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Moonlight Etchings of the Forgotten Artist who Taught Edward Hopper

Martin Lewis died in obscurity in 1962; a retired art teacher who had found some success in his early career, but was largely forgotten after the Great Depression took away the demand for his craft, leaving Lewis to spend his last three decades teaching other people how to etch. History chose Edward Hopper, but Martin…
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The Women Warriors who served Wine on the Battlefield

Forgotten feminist icons of the French military, the Vivandières, alternatively known as cantinières, was the French title for women attached to military units who sold wine to the troops and offered better cuisine on the battlefield than the army could offer. An often overlooked part of women’s and military history, while they were not sanctioned to do any…
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Stepping back in Time to a Jazz Age Lawn Party

Can you imagine anything more delightful than sailing from Manhattan, and heading for an uninhabited island filled with the ghostly remnants of a deserted army base; and once there, to step back in time to an authentic lawn party from the Jazz Age ? To dress in white linens, sip exquisite cocktails, and dance the…
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The Art of Kissing Fanny

There’s a curious expression used in Provence by pétanque players. “Embrasser Fanny” or to “kiss Fanny”, is a small recompense for making a fool of oneself to put it simply. But where does this mischievous phrase originate from? Fanny was a waitress at a local café in the Savoie region or Lyon– no one seems to agree. Watching the…
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The Dapper Rebels of Los Angeles, 1966

In the summer of 1965, riots broke out in the Watts neighborhood of southern Los Angeles. Over a six-day period, 34 people were killed, 1,032 injured and over 3,438 arrests were made. In 1966, LIFE magazine revisited the site of the worst riots America had ever seen in its history. The photo essay depicting the…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 742)

1. Various types of dormers (lucarnes in French); windows that project vertically from a sloping roof Here you’ll find a breakdown in English of each dormer type presented, highlighting the architectural forms and features of each dormer type. 2. Su Nuraxi: Sardinia’s Prehistoric Stone Giant of a Lost Civilization Su Nuraxi di Barumini, located in…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 741)

1. This Troglodyte House for Sale in France The valley, south of Tours, is classified as a Natural Area of Ecological Interest for Flora and Fauna (known as ZNIEFF for Zone Naturelle d’Intérêt Ecologique, Faunistique et Floristique). Six kilometres long, it constitutes a reserve with an outstanding diversity. Occupied since the Prehistoric era, it still…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 740)

1. People Watching at the Louvre From the archives of Brazilian photographer Alécio de Andrade Archives. 2. Jim Morrison’s bust found nearly 40 years after it was stolen from Paris cemetery Police have found a bust of Jim Morrison that was stolen nearly four decades ago from the Paris grave that has long been a place of…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 739)

1. The gargoyle at Giusti Garden in Verona The dramatic cypress avenue leads to a cave full of stalactites and subsequently to Palazzo Giusti. Created at the end of the fifteenth century by a knight of the Venetian republic. Talk about taking a grotto to another level. Discover the garden here. 2. “All I know…

The Art Spy who Stopped Hitler from Emptying the Louvre

An unlikely superhero spy; a bookish art historian in a paisley print dress, posing rather meekly beside her inventory of valuable museum works. But behind the innocent smile and the matronly garb, Rose Antonia Maria Valland was a lone female agent of espionage who, during WW2, tirelessly and valiantly put her life on the line for…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 738)

1. The House that Madness Built In the tidy Westphalian town of Lemgo, Germany, where the gabled houses wear their history with restrained Protestant pride, there stands a house that seems to have wandered in from another reality. It is a house made of wood, and also of something more difficult to name—delirium, perhaps, or…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 737)

1. For Sale: Portobello Road’s Most Famous Antiques Shop & the Home Upstairs Property for sale on Knight Frank. 2. Becoming an Artist Residence at the Historic National Arts Club 3. In a Quaint French Village, a sculptor and his daughter brought Vincent Van Gogh’s celebrated Room to Life as an Airbnb This captivating project…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 736)

1. A Ravishing Radish Hat And other wonderful creations by Rebecca Gardner. 2. Penitentes en Cuenca (Penitents in Cuenca) by José Ortiz Echagüe, 1940 a lay confraternity of Spanish-American Roman Catholic men active in Northern and Central New Mexico and southern Colorado. They maintain religious meeting buildings, which are not formal churches, called moradas. More about…

Crate Digging for the Forgotten Sound of Zambia’s Rock Revolution

In the copper-mined heart of late 1960s Zambia, a new sound was brewing — raw, electrifying, and entirely unexpected, channeled the sounds of Hendrix, Sabbath, and Cream through the lens of life in a newly independent African nation. It was called Zamrock, a genre that fused the fuzzed-out guitars and rebellious spirit of Western psychedelic…
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