She's a "Paris gown on wheels," to hear Ken Gross tell it. You don't have to be a gearhead to appreciate the elegantly elongated curves and swooshy chrome flourishes of Figoni & Falaschi's shiny black ...
Originating in France in the 1920s, Art Deco styling separated itself from Art Nouveau by owing inspirational credit to mechanization, industry, and technology while maintaining the stylistic elements ...
If you’ve seen Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance in the 1936 film Swing Time or spent the night at a hotel in South Beach, or visited the Empire State Building, you’ve seen it: art deco design. Its ...
In Oxnard, Calif., sits one of the finest collection of art deco cars on the planet, discreetly located in an office park. At the time, some of the world's greatest cars were French. Franay, Chaprin ...
As a critical term, Art Deco is famously imprecise and never more so than when applied to cars. Visitors to "Sensuous Steel: Art Deco Cars," opening June 14 at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in ...
If you’ve seen Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’ dance in the 1936 film “Swing Time,” or spent the night at a hotel in South Beach, or visited the Empire State Building, you’ve seen it: Art Deco design.
Nestled in the serene rolling hills of Oxnard, California lies a treasure trove of automotive history - The Mullin Automotive Museum. The museum houses one of the most exquisite collections of Art ...
The Petersen Automotive Museum will host a new “Art of Bugatti” exhibit, beginning Oct. 23 and running through October 2017. The multidiscipline exhibit will feature automobiles, paintings, furniture, ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The Frist Center for the Visual Arts will host a membership week from today ...
In the art deco era, car designers strove for elegance and luxury. Many of them were one of a kind, and today they can sell for millions. Mark Strassmann visits Nashville's Frist Center and revisits a ...