The Overlooked Art (and Drama) of Courtroom Sketching
As 2021 came to a close, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted on charges of…
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In Nazi-Occupied Paris, Swing Kids had their own Resistance Movement
They aren’t remembered for their political or intellectual outpourings, nor for their radical actions in…
And Now, A Brief Compendium of Neo-Victorians
Neo-Victorianism – a curious and persevering movement of reproducing, or in some way, reinterpreting, Victorian…
The Forgotten Superheroes of Blaxploitation Movies
Black Panther swept the box office when it came out in 2018 and quickly became…
When Moulded Meals Were Haute Cuisine
It’s hard to imagine anyone ever salivating over a quivering tower of jellied meat, but…
The Surrealist Magical Mystery of Leonora Carrington
On paper, she is Britain’s lost surrealist; an English debutante who cut herself off from…
There’s a Lost Palace that Rivalled Versailles, Buried under Brussels
Coudenberg Palace was once the envy of all of Europe. It had everything you could…
Ode to the Asian-American Faces in the Shadows of Hollywood’s Golden Age
Silver screen icon Anna May Wong is likely the only Asian-American actress from the Golden…
Renoir’s Art Model Was the Greatest Painter You Never Heard Of
Name a post-Impressionist woman painter and most people would draw a blank. Or they would…
When Montmartre was Harlem-on-the-Seine
After the Great War, a new kind of music began to waft through the winding…
The Geisha who Brought Kabuki to the West
At the height of japonisme, Sada Yacco appeared like a comet, touring America and Europe…
The Nautch Girls: India’s Forgotten Dancers
You arrive at the gardens after nightfall with the full moon casting a cool, pale…