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It’s easy, when in Europe, to walk the footsteps of some remarkable and culturally prominent figures, and artistic influence seems apparent at every corner.
But for those who want a more in-depth experience (surpassing mere recognition to walk in the shoes of one of five renowned creators), Museyon’s Art + Travel Europe might be just the thing.
It’s a thick book [...]

No matter where you’re from, Europe can be a little expensive at times. Many travelers choose to lessen the blow to their bank accounts by performing on the streets for a little extra cash.  If you play an instrument or have some other exciting talent and nothing to do on a nice day, a performance [...]

A stuffed blonde monkey with his paw up in warning, a pair of slingback heels mounted on a tire, a porcelain vase… topped with a head.
Ah yes, another art fair has begun.
This time it’s in Rotterdam – the new Amsterdam alternative (think Chicago to New York or Berlin to, well, everywhere). Cheaper, tougher and not yet laden [...]

If you thought drive-ins were an all-American pastime (and a dead one at that), think again. Auto-Kino! – a temporary exhibition at the Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin – puts visitors in an indoor, makeshift drive-in, proving that vehicular voyeurism can still be quite a treat.
The exhibition begins Friday, February 5 and includes a selection of over 100 [...]

I had never heard of hard-to-classify Belgian painter James Ensor (1860-1949) when I stumbled upon an exhibition of his work at the Musee D’Orsay in Paris recently, but when I saw the purple-tinted Ming vase topped with a grinning skull in a dainty Victorian hat, I knew I’d probably like his stuff. Such was Ensor’s off-beat, even macabre wit [...]

Mikhail’s Wassmer’s photos don’t feature a city’s monuments or emblemize its landmarks. They offer, instead, a first-hand perspective of its hidden corners, its odd enticements.
Picturesque postcards are for sending back home, while the intrigue of a place consists half of its beauty and half of its grit. In once-divided Berlin, such a notion is particularly [...]

Despite the recent employee strike and its revocation of free admission for international youth, Paris’s Louvre remains the world’s most visited museum. 8.5 million patrons took a walk through its relics in 2009 – the same amount as in the year prior.
What’s the Louvre’s winning factor? The display of the Mona Lisa, Venus de Milo, [...]

The next time you’re looking for an evening’s entertainment in Dublin (and for whatever reason a Guinness-soaked pub crawl isn’t what you’re going for), try seeing a play at the beautiful and historic Abbey Theatre, the national theater of Ireland.

I love art, but some stuff just doesn’t hold my interest. Saints, for example. I’m generally done with saints after a few paintings. It doesn’t matter if they’re diffident medieval saints with white skin and bored eyes or energetic Renaissance saints with muscles and gauzy robes – a few martyred Stephens and I’m heading for [...]

Film has a special appeal for the traveler.  It provides an intriguing visual backdrop, a source of nostalgic pleasure, and a cultural window into a particular place and time.  Movies are also, of course, works of art that can say a lot about their origins.  Here are several movies from different places in Europe, recommended [...]