On May 20, 1875, delegates from a group of 17 countries gathered in Paris to sign what may be the most overlooked yet ...

John Singer Sargent's most iconic portrait Madame X was the scandal of the 1884 Paris Salon. Here's the story behind the ...

Long unseen and known only through a 19th-century photograph, the painting Preparing Coffee reemerges with a £1–1.5M estimate ...

All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

Alexey Brodovitch, the transformative art director of Harper’s Bazaar, made one book, “Ballet,” a photographic landmark that ...

A new itinerary through the famous wine region in southwestern France promises chocolate, charm and chateaux – cruise writer ...

This historic little town is named after one of the most popular tourist cities in France and even has it's own replica of ...

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters, died Sunday. He was 89. He was a prolific author and essayist with such celebrated novels as “The ...

Centrally located but tucked away, the hotel is a Japan-inspired Art Deco gem that pays homage to its leisure-loving namesake ...

Two Carbons Discourse, Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality, International Diffusion and/or Autonomous Innovation, Global ...

These seven real-life locations are much more than mere backdrops: they are the very sources of inspiration behind some of ...