London's iconic National Gallery, which receives some 3 million visits a year, has announced new security measures that will require more advance planning from travelers—and other museums are tightening their policies, too. On October 17, the Gallery said that visitors will no longer be permitted to carry liquids with them during visits. "Since July 2022, the…
December 6, 2024
Once an expanse of abandoned warehouses, Miami's Wynwood Walls has become, since opening in 2009, what the artist RISK has described as the "Olympics of street art." Developer Tony Goldman (who had previously helped transform New York City's SoHo and Philadelphia's 13th Street) had the idea of inviting the world's preeminent graffiti…
Paris is an all-you-can-eat smorgasbord for culture vultures. But admission fees can start to add up in a city with more than 130 museums, only a few of which could be described as duds. Sorry, les duds. Fortunately, there are a bunch of noteworthy institutions that don't charge admission, inviting you to gorge yourself on…