A new museum dedicated to artist Frida Kahlo is slated to open in Mexico City's Coyoacán district in September. Dubbed Museo Casa Kahlo, the institution will be housed at Casa Roja, a residence that was purchased by the painter's parents and later passed down to her and her sisters. The building stands adjacent to Casa…
As impressive as the museums and monuments of Paris are, the smaller establishments—bakeries, bookstores, boutiques, bars, and brasseries—are just as likely to put you under the city's spell. Or maybe even more so. Because while you might have prepared yourself in advance for the sight of the Arc de Triomphe, the nearly unbearable adorableness of…
Air conditioning, bank ATMs, toilet paper, hip-hop, and Waldorf salads were all invented in New York City. Believe it or not, so was the modern way of celebrating Christmas.
In Gotham, a Pulitzer Prize–winning history of the city, authors Mike Wallace and Edwin G. Burrows tell the story of how two NYC-based writers created many of the…