Six Reasons Madrid’s Prado is the Best Museum in Europe
The Prado Museum in Madrid may be Europe’s greatest art museum. Tom’s personal guide to six masterworks — Velázquez, Bosch, Goya, and more — that will stop you cold.
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Berlin Arts Walk with Context
A guided walking tour through Berlin’s Mitte neighborhood for a close look at the arts scene, complete with renovated factory buildings and contemporary art galleries.
What’s New in Florence Museums?
Changing exhibits, illuminated texts, mummy hands, and musical instruments are just some of our new discoveries in Florence. I never feel like I’ve seen it all, and I never feel like leaving this ever-evolving city.
Salvation Mountain, Salton Sea, California
Salvation Mountain is the creation of Leonard Knight who, the legend says, had a vision. A folk art masterpiece in California’s Salton Sea desert.
East Jesus, California: a Short, Strange Trip
East Jesus, east of the Salton Sea in Southern California, is a museum. But it’s unlike any museum you’ve seen before. It’s what most people think of as an art installation, an art oasis, or a performance space. East Jesus calls its exhibit space an “Art Garden.”
Cézanne’s Mountain, Aix en Provence, France
Late in his life in Aix en Provence, the painter Paul Cézanne painted Mount Sainte Victoire dozens of times. It was just up the hill from his studio, and he … Read more
Leiden and The Hague, plus Delft
There’s no law that says you have to stay in Amsterdam the entire time you’re in The Netherlands! As entertaining as it is, and as much art as it holds, … Read more
2013 in 50 Photographs
Kris and I visited 13 foreign countries in 2013. In order: Spain, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Canada, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Japan, back to Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary. … Read more
Food, Music, Art–The Vienna Triple Play
Vienna was cold at the end of November. It was below freezing and worse, there was about a 40 kph wind blowing all the time. And since we hadn’t planned … Read more
The Hanoi, Vietnam Museums: War is Over if You Want It
Although the American-Vietnam war has been over for more than forty years, sometimes it’s still a bit hard to escape. The reminders are there everywhere there is an exhibit of any sort.
