A Forgotten Humanist Photographer of Paris
When you think of the photographers that captured the humans of Paris, masters of the…
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She’s the 19th Century Mystic Painter that Art History Needs to be Rewritten For
Buried by the elitist art establishment, hers must be the art world’s best kept secret…
Parisian Woman with Baguette: A Short Story Challenge
It’s amazing to see how our minds can wander in different ways; how imaginations can…
All the Sneaky Tricks of Prohibition Bootleggers
I found this photograph floating around on the internet today of a truck ingeniously camouflaged by…
Discovering Black Outsider Art in a Whitewashed World
Their abilities don’t come from any artistic establishment. They didn’t have any formal training and…
She was the Hostess of Greenwich Village a Hundred Years Ago
Marie Marchand, better known as Romany Marie was one of those eccentric characters that stood…
But Did You See the Holiday Windows at the Macy’s of Moscow?
As much as we moan about holiday decorations going up too early every year, there’s…
Spying Behind-the-Scenes from Wes Anderson’s New Film “The French Dispatch”
We all have things to look forward to in 2020, but you can forget all…
Artist du Jour: The Bohemian Moments of Józef Mehoffer
Today we’re escaping a gloomy fall afternoon with a visit to the colourful, extravagant world…
The Wicked Art Nouveau Illustrations of Mr. Wilke
“Art Nouveau – but make it spooky.” That’s Karl Alexander Wilke (1879-1954) in a nutshell.…
Forget Count Dracula, Meet History’s Most Prolific Female Serial Killer
Every year, nearly a million people flock to Romania’s famous Bran Castle, a medieval fortress…
There was No Business like Show Business in Ye Olde English Royal Court
With the lights of Broadway and the West End lit once again, live theatre fans…