If you’ve ever been curious about the antecedents of the global preeminence of Swedish design, then you might consider a wander through Stockholm’s Royal Palace. A repository of Swedish art from the Middle Ages to the present, the Royal Palace … Read More
The truth is, the biggest nightmare of frequent travelers and road warriors isn’t inclement weather or a cancelled flight. Nope, it’s a dead battery and a briefcase of uncharged tech toys – and not a charger or outlet in sight. … Read More
Yes, of course you have come to pay your respects to Garbo, which is probably the primary reason that you have traveled to Stockholm‘s Woodland Cemetery – but this UNESCO World Heritage Site is not only the final resting place … Read More
The things they said, the epithets they used: “repellent, violent, insane, degraded, ugly, vulgar, repugnant, poseurs, charlatans, grotesque, indecent, unreasonable, deranged.” And all this about what are now regarded as some of the most iconic paintings of the 20th century … Read More
In this debauched era where rehabbed reality stars and washed-up celebrities are rewarded for spitting and swearing and dangling their children from balconies, it is a comfort to rediscover a star of grace, elegance, and style. That would be … Read More
Anyone who has ever made the trek to Florence and then to the monastic complex of San Lorenzo in search of Michelangelo’s Laurentian Library understands the magnifience of a staircase. Of course, Michelangelo’s work at the Laurentian Library vestibule is … Read More
Most of us have stood in awe in front of a landmark building, but how many of us have wondered what went on in the heads of the architects behind those iconic structures? What, for example, was the inspiration behind … Read More
One of the most extraordinary design museums we ever witnessed belonged to an octogenarian who had spent the final sixty years of his life in a floor-through apartment in Manhattan’s renowned River House. If you live long enough, you accrue … Read More
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Autumn on Lake Garda in Gargnano, Italy
