This year we celebrate the 100th anniversary of one of the most notable movements in design: Art Deco. Originating in 1920s Paris, and spanning everything from architecture to decorative accessories, ...

Alice Gibbs is a Newsweek Senior Internet Trends & Culture Reporter based in the U.K. For the last two years she has specialized in viral trends and internet news, with a particular focus on ...

In the first of our Art Deco Centenary profiles, we look at the Russian-French artist and designer Romain de Tirtoff – better known as Erté – who became credited as "the father of art deco".

A few months after Philadelphia ceramics artist Roberto Lugo graduated with a master’s of fine arts from Penn State, he set out to drive to Florida to visit family for Christmas. In Macon, Ga., four ...

It feels fitting that the mystery surrounding the official opening date of Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum seems to mirror the enduring enigma of how its magnificent neighbours, the ancient ...

One hundred years ago, a sprawling international exhibition was staged in Paris. It was intended to dazzle visitors with all that was new in architecture, design, fashion, and jewelry, and to ...

Egyptian writer Mahmoud al Najjar has wrapped up his series Ana Min Thahab (I am Made of Gold) which tackles the career of the Egyptian late sculptor Mahmoud Mukhtar (1888-1934), according to the ...