Nearly 30 years ago, the duo were up for auction at Sotheby’s with no attribution, listed as “Large Oval Abstract Paintings.” In 2020, they resurfaced at the Showplace auction house under the ...
One hundred years ago, a sprawling international exhibition was staged in Paris. It was intended to dazzle visitors with all that was new in architecture, design, fashion, and jewelry, and to ...
Ron Hill, a fan of New Orleans’ history and architecture, needed just one visit to Lakefront Airport to ignite his enthusiasm about its art deco design. In a Curious Louisiana query, Hill wrote: ...
The skyscraper once held some beloved Art Deco artworks: Winold Reiss’s commission for a Longchamps restaurant. By Eve M. Kahn Eve M. Kahn is an independent scholar and former weekly Antiques ...
But Julia and Andy Gavriel’s double-fronted 1930s house in Ramsgate is not like that. It has a turquoise front door in the ...
Jean Dunand was a French Art Deco artist and designer. Considered a master of lacquer, Dunand's practice also involved sculpting, metalwork, and furniture design. Characteristic of the Art Deco ...
Under its immaculate vault, soft light streams over a now silent pool. Once a temple to swimming, La Piscine de Roubaix has ...
The year 1925 marked the birth of Art Deco — a design movement defined by dual-toned facades, rounded corners, nautical ...
Julie Rubio’s film “The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka and the Art of Survival” — playing at the Isis Theatre at 5 p.m. on Tuesday — literally changed art history. “The Art of Survival” chronicles ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover art, design, culture and people. This article is more than 5 years old. Bold dashes of brass, gold, and soft feminine ...