Art Deco—which can be described as more of a style than a time period—blends a modern sensibility with earlier elements of Cubism, Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau. Although it has its roots in the ...

A centennial show in Paris reveals how a distinctly French esthetic became a worldwide language of modern luxury.

Not every piece of art can still look thoroughly modern and contemporary approaching its 100th anniversary. Somehow, the works designated by the term “Art Deco” seem to achieve that, as an upcoming ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chadd Scott covers the intersection of art and travel. If its prevailing architecture were chunky, concrete Brutalism or creepy, ...

ELON MUSK has positioned himself as an innovative thinker, with bold ideas on what everything from efficient government to life on Mars should look like. His aesthetic principles, however, are nothing ...

At Untapped Cities, we’re bringing back a semi-regular column of explorations outside of New York City shared by our very own writers on their travels around the country and the world. In honor of ...

Radios, toasters, toy wagons, trains, buses, telephones, microphones, bicycles, tea sets, kitchen tables, even baby buggies and Wrigley Field’s iconic scoreboard clock all had something in common from ...

An exhibit of original works by art deco icon Erté will include almost 170 items as well as other period pieces that characterized the movement of style and design. "Erté and the Era of Art Deco" will ...

On the last Tuesday of each month, Matias Bombal heads over to the Orinda Theatre and does what he was born to do: entertain Contra Costa County theatergoers like it’s 1941. In an attempt to make the ...

What do the Chrysler Building (New York), Palais de Chaillot (Paris), and Christ the Redeemer Statue (Rio de Janeiro) have in common? As bold icons of art deco, they illustrate the far-flung influence ...