Built into the former estate and villa of a man whose three wives were named Louise is the most-visited museum in Denmark. The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, located 35 km north of Copenhagen, consistently captures the international modern and contemporary art world’s zeitgeist to a surprising degree considering its rural location in Humlebæk. Overlooking the Øresund Sound (on ... Read More »
Celebrations: The two words on everyone’s lips this weekend are Mad Men. The show will even be screening, in its entirety an hour early, on the big screen in Times Square! Check out our guide to Mad Men shopping, art, architecture and food in NYC. Film Openings: Life During Wartime – A new film by Todd Soldonz as ... Read More »
In case you missed it on the Gothamist newsletter, The Skint, or NYC Daily Deals, we are hosting a Chronicles of Old New York walking tour tomorrow of Washington Square Park and parts of Greenwich Village and Nolita with author James Roman ending at the superb indie travel bookstore McNally-Jackson. Not only that, we’ll be asking trivia questions along ... Read More »
There isn’t another show on television that oozes style, sex and sophistication quite as well as Mad Men. And lucky for us, the show is back for their fourth season this Sunday on AMC at 10pm. Set in mid-century Manhattan, Mad Men follows a Madison Avenue advertising agency as their employees struggle with family, clients and hippies. What ... Read More »
At one time, the group of 13 buildings at 463 West Street in New York City was the largest industrial research center in the United States. Built in 1898 by Bell Laboratories, many pinnacle inventions were first tested here including talking movies in 1923, TV, the phonograph record and the first commercial broadcasts. The complex was also the home of ... Read More »
The only ceiling Caravaggio ever painted has been hidden for hundreds of years in a villa in Rome. But now, Princess Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi in an effort to “bring more life” into the crumbling Villa Aurora, which she inhabits with her husband Prince Nicolò Boncompagni Ludovisi, descendent of Popes Gregory XIII and Gregory XV, is on view to the ... Read More »
In 1792, King Carlos IV of Spain ordered the building of a royal chapel in central Madrid for Saint Anthony of de La Florida. He then commissioned his favorite painter, Goya, to paint the frescos within the chapter depicting the miracles of Saint Anthony of Padua. It took Goya only four months to complete the frescos, despite suffering ... Read More »
740 Park Avenue has been called the “Richest apartment building in the world” and buying a mansion within its limestone walls is the dream of many aspiring millionaires. The hurdles to became one of the chosen few residents is a strenuous one and if the multimillion dollar price tag isn’t enough to stop you, the difficult co-op board is, turning ... Read More »
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