Art nouveau designs were based on nature. A close look at this table, which sold for $2,750 at Fontaine’s Auction Gallery, shows that the side supports literally branch out at the top, where they meet ...

From pine furniture to porcelain and mid-century icons, experts share the antique finds poised to earn top prices in 2026.

The French capital’s Museum of Decorative Arts devotes an extravagant exhibition to the design movement that takes its name ...

Poonam Soni, a pioneer in bespoke jewelry design, launched a new initiative with her daughter, Kriti Soni, featuring Indian crafts in a flagship store in Mumbai. The exhibition showcased unique pieces ...

When Art Deco was introduced to the world in April 1925 at the Paris Exposition, it was in many ways a reaction to Art Nouveau, a style that was based on the premise of nature-abhorring straight lines ...

Exactly how or where it started no one quite knows, but once it got going in the 1890s, it proved as catching as a virus. From Vienna to Chicago, new buildings shot up all curves and curlicues as ...

The Hôtel Mezzara, located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. NICOLAS HORIOT/LE CERCLE GUIMARD Paris will soon have a Musée Guimard. The museum will be housed in the Hôtel Mezzara, an Art Nouveau ...

Around the world, one bar in Paris continues to stand above the rest in the hearts of cocktail-loving guests and bar professionals alike. Kara Newman is a cocktails and spirits writer based in New ...

One thing about me: I will always look for new ways to find joy in getting dressed. So I was thrilled to see all the brooches trending on the recent fall 2025 runways. I've always been a brooch fan, ...

There is no train in “Monaco • Monte-Carlo.” The railway ad instead pictures a woman, poised at the shore’s edge. Encircled in rings of carmine- and blush-tinged blossoms, she looks up, hands held in ...

In 1894, the renowned actress Sarah Bernhardt (1845–1923) tapped the Parisian studio Lemercier to create a last-minute poster for her production of Gismonda. The assignment fell to Czech artist ...