Paris Has a Brutal(ist) Side
Love it or hate it, brutalist architecture has an unavoidable presence in every major metropolis–…
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Painting the Apocalypse
Wow, where is that? I thought leaning in closer to my screen, squinting at the…
The Music Your Plants Are Making in Secret
Think twice the next time you pluck a daisy from the sidewalk, because that flower…
Stop Everything and Discover the World of 3D Cat Portraiture
I‘m not even a cat person and I just watched a 3m 45 second presentation…
How to Outdo Every Halloween Costume at the Party
You don’t want to be that person at the costume party. You know, the one who’s scrawled…
Invasion of the Kitschy Carpets
Don’t worry, you’re not tripping. Give your eyes another rub, and you’ll realise you’re just…
So the Real Hobbits Vacation in Sweden
In a hole in the ground, there lived a seriously pampered Swedish Hobbit. He had…
We Found Dali’s Long Lost Surrealist Soulmate
The truth is, surrealist art was a man’s world. Its founder, André Breton was an unrepentant…
Vintage Muse du Jour: The Greatest Diva of them All
It’s 1970, and for once, the world’s greatest soprano is silent. Interviewer David Frost has…
Dinner at the Drive-Through Eiffel Tower
We’ve seen it dressed up every which way; painted yellow, used as a giant advertising…
The Towns That Were Moved by Horses
They say “it takes a village,” but if it was 1920-something, it took a horse–…
One Last Shopping Spree at a New York Icon of Fashion
For 123 years, Camelot was on 5th Avenue, otherwise known as the Henri Bendel department…