In 2014 the Canadian conductor (and pianist) Yannick Nézet-Séguin (*1975) and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (founded in 1981)...

Friedrich von Amerling (1803–1887) was one of Vienna’s leading artistic personalities of the Bie­dermeier period. He...

Narendra Modi’s (*1950) India has a long way to go to catch up with the pseudo-Communist rival China in the Asian century....

From April to November 1925, Paris showed the landmark Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes,...

President Trump’s presidencies strongly ressemble trashy American reality-TV shows. But unlike The Apprentice, his actions...

From June 16 to June 22, 2025 the world’s leading art fair, the original Art Basel in Switzerland, attracted 88,000 visitors (compared to 91,000 in 2024 and 82,000 in 2023.) who could...

In a televised address from the White House, President Donald Trump said that the United States had “completely and totally...

The Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei aka Iran’s bloody, corrupt dictator said after the Israeli attacks on Iran’s...

The craziest part of the relationship between Donald Trump and Elon Musk is not that it fell apart so quickly, but that it came...

With Rembrandt. The Complete Paintings, Volker Manuth, Marieke de Winkel and Rudie van Leeuwen offer readers a view at 329 works made by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) during his lifetime,...

Since its founding in 2001, Ronald S. Lauder’s museum Neue Galerie New York has focused on Austrian and German art from 1890 to...

From March 30 until September 7, 2025 in partnership with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston...

The famous Kronenhalle is a legendary restaurant with brasserie, dining halls and bar in Zurich, Switzerland. Joan Miró called it “pays de rêve”, hence the title of a new, richly...

According to a new CBS/Yougov poll, only 30% of U.S. Americans consider tariffs a priority, but 82% care about the economy, 80%...

In 2019 already, Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu ermerged as the most dangerous rival for Turkey’s president turned...

From December 14, 2024 until March 29, 2025 and thanks to curator and writer Dieter Buchhart, the art gallery Hauser & Wirth St. Moritz in Switzerland is presenting the intimate show...

Full transcript of President Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025: President Trump: Speaker...

On June 26, 1970 the jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) played with his trio—Eddie...

In 1965, the photographer Steve Schapiro (1934-2022), famous for documenting the civil rights mouvement in the 1960s and film...

Founded in 1849, the Backhausen company was the longest-standing manufacturer of upholstery and decorative fabrics in the history of Austria. From November 13, 2024 until March 9, 2025 the...