Your brain looks like this when you look at abstract art

Researchers studying people’s brain activity when looking at abstract art have revealed why we interpret blobs of paint on canvas so differently. When you look at an abstract painting, study it in a museum for example, what do you see and what do you feel? Does it conjure an old …

The forgotten American impressionist painter who trained alongside some of the greats

Impressionist painter, virtuoso illustrator and indefatigable traveller, George Wharton Edwards embodies the spirit of a pivotal era at the turn of the 20th century. His protean work, in which the brush dances with the pencil, sketches the delicate portrait of a world about to go through massive changes. In his …

Hidden in the very heart of Paris, this Art Deco monument which houses a museum is a hidden architectural gem waiting to be discovered

Built in 1931 for the Colonial Exhibition, the Palais de la Porte DorĂ©e is an Art Deco masterpiece in Paris. It now houses two museums. Did you know that a little-known Art Deco monument is hidden away in Paris? To find it, head to Avenue Daumesnil in the 12 th …