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  Best known for holding a treasure trove of World Heritage monuments from the early Christian, Byzantine Era, Ravenna has small town charm packed centuries of history. It’s beauty has inspired poetry and literature so it is fitting that here is where Dante Alighieri (of Dante’s Inferno) was buried in 1321 after being exiled from Florence. Read More »

Famed Indian designer Raghavendra Rathore told The Times of India over the weekend that the work of Johannes Vermeer helped to inspire him to explore the medium of art instead of fashion. “Art to me is a reflection of our times. Every emotion and the rigid landscape of life inspire the need to express thoughts on canvas and everything depends ... Read More »

  All Tomorrow’s Parties have announced a new 4-night mini-festival that’s going to take place in November in between the two weekend events being curated by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (December 3rd-5th) and Belle and Sebastian (Bowlie 2, December 10th-12th).   As a treat, they’ve also put together a special mixtape curated by toy designers Amos, the line up includes: ... Read More »

  Celebrate: Happy October! Though the name might imply that in Munich, they really like to celebrate the month of October, in reality, Oktoberfest ends this weekend so if you are within a thousand mile radius of Bavaria, get thee to Munich for the end of one of the greatest parties on the planet and raise a few liters to ... Read More »

  Fans of Ricky Gervais and his famous 2005-2006 podcast series, which he recorded with his friend and business partner Stephen Merchant and usually revolved around the duo making fun of their producer, Karl Pilkington, should be head over heels about the new British SkyTV show called An Idiot Abroad. In An Idiot Abroad, Gervais and Merchant send Pilkington around ... Read More »

  The Social Network is one of the most highly anticipated films of 2010. The film chronicles the rise of the most visited website on the internet, Facebook and the life of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg- a person who is both idolizes and loathed the world over. Read More »

The Barbizon Hotel for Women, built in 1927 and became the in symbol in New York of cultural change, as women began to come to the city for professional opportunities, but still wanted a “safe retreat” that felt like the family home. Located at 140 East 63rd Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, in 1981 it was renovated ... Read More »

The company that captured a high-res version of Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper three years ago is back at it again, this time at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. HAL9000, a company specializing in art photography, has created new multi-billion-pixel images of Bacchus by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Primavera by Sandro Botticelli, Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci, Eleanor of ... Read More »