Sleeping with Art
22Sep
30Aug
The Mural Makers
Murals are one of the earliest forms of public art. Whether we are talking about the cave paintings of Lascaux in France or the more modern works of Shepard...
23Aug
Happy Birthday, Nicolas-Jacques Conté
Since France was cut off from British imports including English graphite, Conté was given the task of coming up with an alternative writing instrument. In just eight days he...
18Aug
Between the Lines
Are they in? Or are they out? They were supposed to take the Spring/Summer 2011 runways by storm, but that was ages ago in the space-time continuum of fashion....
16Aug
Riding the Rails
There has always been a sense of romanticism surrounding trains and transcontinental travel. Movies of the 20th century helped create and sustain this mystique....
