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Why does almost everyone love Paris? Sure, there’s style, food, art, and elegant men and women. ... Read more

this increased customer demand, Paris has taken steps to improve production capacity by adding new equipment. A state-of-the art collator was acquired over the summer to help meet customer demand for Paris ... Read more

FERRARA, ITALY — A reviewer of the 1897 Paris Salon wrote that to encounter one of Giovanni Boldini’s flamboyant portraits of society beauties was to see “a woman, and in her the entire age.” Chiefly famous for his portraits of wealthy, often … ... Read more

The giant version of the Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece has gone on display at the Eagles Meadow shopping centre in Wrexham. It measures 17.5m, covers 240m sq and is 50 times bigger than the 16th century original which is hanging in the Louvre art gallery in Paris. The Wrexham version, which could accommodate 22 London buses, is more than double the size of the version painted by Rolf Harris in Edinburgh in 2005 – the previous biggest. Artist Katy Webster was in charge of the project which inv ... Read more

Today, Nicole Allen (pictured left) coordinator of the Student PIRG Maketextbooksaffordable.org are at the Institut national de l’histoire de l’art in Paris, where we are participating an international conference of the PIRG-backed transAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (tacd.org). The Paris Accord II is a followup to a 2006 event: The Paris Accord is an ongoing effort to negotiate an agreement between creative communities and the public. Such an agreement would include recognition of (and sugges ... Read more

You’re one of the world’s most revered but reclusive cartoonists and you’ve just put out a book that confronts the biggest human enterprise of all: religion. So how to do you promote your book tour? If you’re R. Crumb, hardly at all , as this statement at his website shows: Robert, in accordance with his agreement with W.W. Norton Company (the publisher of his latest book), will spend much of this autumn promoting Genesis. In late September he will hold a two day press event in Paris, an ... Read more

Vincent Van Gogh is the greatest painter of the Post-Impressionism era and one of the most important figures in art history. In the auction business, Vincent Van Gogh is the magical name that has every collector trembling at the knees. Although a prolific artist, Vincent Van Gogh is most often remembered for his Sunflower and Irises paintings. Although Vincent Van Gogh is a wor Read the rest of this entry »

John Lennon’s stamp collection. Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum. Monday, October 5: Sorry kids, no special events happening at the Smithsonian today. But be sure to check out this site for a listing of regularly-scheduled happenings around the Institution. Tuesday, October 6: Africa to America to Paris: The Migration of Black Writers Come watch the film Africa to America to Paris: The Migration of Black Writers and learn about black writers and artists—such as Richard ... Read more

There are many types of music that people enjoy listening to, for inspiration or simply for their own listening pleasure, but few musical genres espouse positive messages as much as Christian Music and the artists that create it.

Many people that aren’t familiar with this genre may assume that Christian Music is primarily made up of hymns, gospel, church songs for kids, a Read the rest of this entry »