This time, south of Paris in Marseille. A Picasso and various other works were stolen from the home of a collector Friday evening in a robbery that wasn’t quite as clever as the Paris heist. The thieves beat the owner of the works in order to make off with the masterpieces. The Picasso stolen was a lithograph representing a ... Read More »
It has been 21 years since Field of Dreams filmed at Becky and Don Lansing’s farm in Iowa and miraculously, the baseball field that Universal Studios built for one of the most iconic baseball films ever made still stands. And each year, hundreds of fans still flock to the farm, some even on yearly pilgrimages. Well now here’s ... 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 »
Every Tuesday up until last night, the band Previously on Lost hosted a Lost screening party at the Knitting Factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Well last night, they were in for a special treat. Lost cast members Daniel Dae Kim (Jin) and Jorge Garcia (Hurley) along with producers, Damon and Carlton stopped by to catch the band’s performance. Previously on ... Read More »
Banksy has finally hit NYC on his promotional tour for the film Exit Through the Gift Shop. You might recall that Exit Through the Gift Shop is the new Banksy movie in which the street artist turns the tables on a would-be documentary trying to chronicle his work. Two new Banksy pieces have been spotted, the first at Cedar and ... 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 »
The NYTimes is reporting today that the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City will be embarking on a 4.6million dollar restoration of the McKim Building in order to expand the institute’s exhibition space. The McKim Building on E.36th St. was built by architect Charles McKim in 1906 to hold J.P. Morgan’s office and library and has received little ... Read More »
Unable to visit Brooklyn anytime soon? Obsessed with typography? Download the new Brownstone font by Ale Paul, where travel and font fanaticism combine. From the designer: Brownstone, the face born from these explorations, is an original 21st-century design, yet one subtly infused with historical and cultural references – keen observers might spot influences from decorative typefaces of 19th-century foundries. ... Read More »
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