Remember, Remember, it’s Time for Movember

From The Laughing Cavalier to Charlie Chaplin, we prepare for Movember by taking a look at the...

Halloween: Costume inspiration

What are you planning to dress up as this Halloween? A ghost? A pirate? A witch? How...

An “explosion of interest in modern and contemporary African art”

There has been a large focus on artists from Africa or of African descent happening in the last...

“O’zapft is!” – the Oktoberfest 101

Each year the Oktoberfest (colloquially known as “Wiesn”) officially starts with the mayor of...

10 Baddest Witches

Apparently it’s Hallowe’en this month?? Again?? Here are some independent women that the...

All the World on Show: The Universal Exhibition

As someone who buys more books than he will ever have time to read and as someone who shares his...

Breakfast with Lucian Freud and his wonderful sketchbooks

There is something incredibly intimate about looking into someone’s sketchbooks, a raw, naked...

450th anniversary of the death of Suleiman the Magnificent

The 7th September 2016 marks the 450th anniversary of the death of Suleiman the Magnificent, the...

Celebrating 100 Years of National Parks Service

Time flies when your job is to maintain and preserve the national parks of the United States. The...

The Art of Independence Day

Celebrate the history of Fourth of July with over two centuries of all-American art. Summertime...