As the second largest city in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto (or “Oporto,” as the English call it) is sometimes lovingly referred to as the capital’s step-sibling, a nickname referring only to its size because though Porto’s beginnings may be humble and the facades decaying, it holds a colorful and gastronomic charm that its Romanesque walls can barely contain… Read More »
Reads: The New York Times gives us a run down of swashbuckling reads that tell true tales of famous art and lost antiquities, perfect for summer beach reading. The best of the lot is The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures by London paintings dealer Philip Mould, telling a dozen tales of mislabeled, ... Read More »
An hour and a half away from the busyness of London, nestled into the quaint English countryside, amongst rolling green hills, is a city lost in time. A city where one can still “take the waters” at Roman baths, visit the home of Jane Austen or eat a bun invented in 1680 straight from the kitchen where it originated. ... Read More »
A brave new exhibit at The National Gallery of London opens June 30th which promises to reveal the fakes, mistakes and discoveries which the National Gallery has made over time in regards to its paintings. The exhibition “celebrates the remarkable collaboration of scientists, conservators and art historians at the National Gallery” and will be on display through the summer until ... Read More »
With no official World Cup anthem this year, a few artists are trying their hand recording an unofficial song to rally the troops, as it were. First-up, Robbie Williams and Russell Brand team with Ian Broudie, of The Lightning Seeds, and comedy duo David Baddiel and Frank Skinner, the three original creators of the 1996 World Cup theme ‘Three ... Read More »
Early this morning at the Paris Modern Art Museum, one brazen thief stole five paintings right off the wall. The works include ‘Le pigeon aux petits-pois” (The Pigeon with the Peas) an ochre and brown Cubist oil painting by Pablo Picasso, valued an estimated €23 million, “La Pastorale” (Pastoral), an oil painting of nudes on a hillside by Henri Matisse ... Read More »
We’re so excited to announce that Music + Travel Worldwide: Touring the Globe Through Sounds and Scenes has won the silver medal in the 14th annual Independent Publisher Book Awards in the category of Travel Guidebook. Congratulations to our fellow winners, Snow-Search Japan, by Keith Stubbs (WSG Media) and The Beatles’ London: A Guide to 467 Beatles Sites in and ... Read More »
On May 14th, hundreds of museums, galleries, historical sites and more will open there doors to late night visitors all over Britain for the annual, Museums at Night. Londonist has chosen a list of their picks within the city but the event reaches as far as the Fife Folk Museum in Ceres, Scotland. And the late-night museum raid isn’t just ... Read More »
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