Louvre Museum

The Abu Dhabi Experiment

The Middle East is hot hot hot! The Beckhams are said to have bought a vacation home in Dubai.
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The Middle East is hot hot hot! The Beckhams are said to have bought a vacation home in Dubai.

Even though Dubai and Abu Dhabi have seen some success with their tourism campaigns, they have a long way to go to becoming the cultural capitals of the world.  read more »

Annals of Bad Timing: Advertising Division

This ad for Lightscribe ran in the November 18th, 2005 issue of Entertainment Weekly. It reads: "First I Burned The Louvre. Then I Burned The Eiffel Tower." (Click to enlarge.)Matt Haber
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Why Jacques Lipchitz Was Left by Wayside: Aspired to Greatness

Jacques Lipchitz (1891-1973) enjoyed the kind of career that, from this distance in time, belongs as  read more »

Go People -Watching at MoMA! A Fine Show of Masterworks

The first thing to be said about the oddly named show called People , which is currently on view at  read more »

Pious French Paintings in Sinful New York City

When it comes to renouncing the vanities of worldly life, most of us are quite content to leave such  read more »