For all its lofty sounding leitmotifs and multimedia Sturm und Drang, documenta —the sprawling exhibition of contemporary art held every five years in Kassel, Germany — left me feeling weary and dispirited.
The cracked and peeling walls of Cafe Lam in Hanoi are covered with paintings by some of Vietnam's most distinguished modern artists.
The gala opening of the Russian State Hermitage’s new satellite museum in Amsterdam was accompanied by plenty of pomp and circumstance — and vodka.
Enclosed in a striking copper-clad slab punctuated by a twisting nine-story tower, the de Young Museum reopened in Golden Gate Park with a festive around-the-clock party.
After decades of decline under Fidel Castro’s regime, the Jewish community in Havana is enjoying a revival.
Despite all the extravagant stories I had heard about Burning Man, nothing quite prepared me for the surreal experience of entering the sprawling desert encampment.