Offscreen has emerged as a must-see art world event, creating a cross-disciplinary visitor experience by juxtaposing everything from multi-media installations and digital works to sculpture and ...
The notorious city planner for Napoléon III, and prefect of the Seine region, Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann turned Paris from a still medieval urban area to a triumphant imperial city—Haussmann makes ...
He wanted to beautify Paris, to bring light and air to the tangled mess of streets at the heart of the city. But there was another reason for renovating Paris. The narrow, winding streets and ...
A painter of modern everyday life and an attentive walker along the banks of the Seine, Gustave Caillebotte captured the tranquil beauty of urban life and suspended moments like no other. Born in ...
The Haussmann style of architecture, which is also sometimes described as Haussmannian, is the classic architecture that has defined modern-day Paris, and is probably what you think of when you ...