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The Biba story

By Mal JamesFirst conceived as a mail-order-only company in 1963, known as Biba’s Postal Boutique, the brand captured the revolutionary 1960s and 1970s attitude and style, offering trend-seekers ...
Édouard Vuillard’s Interior, Mother and Sister of the Artist (1893) portrays a psychologically intense mother-daughter adult relationship. Vuillard painted his mother more than 500 times and lived ...
Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy” is the first painting by 17th century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi in the Baltimore/Washington area.
As the saying goes, everything old is new again. While one could argue that Art Deco has long remained influential, a century after the publication of The Great Gatsby and the 1925 French art fair ...
Art Deco interior design has been huge for a while now, and an Art Deco bedroom has always been at the centre of it. The sweeping curves, the stepped forms and the jagged pointed edges inspired by ...
The women wear high-collared puffer jackets and billowing sports jerseys, the fabrics richly painted in acid yellow and bubblegum pink. Bathed in cool light against shadowy backdrops, they seem to ...
Generally overlooked in Art History 101 was the inverse: how European materials and images were repurposed by Indigenous artists. That 1941 MoMA show was full of ancient Native objects, along with ...
Steam Incorporated's pride and joy, the 110-year-old Ab 608 “Passchendaele”, is on track for its first Napier Art Deco Festival excursions next month. People who have missed out on past Art Deco train ...
The 88-year-old house was recently renovated to modernize it while preserving its historic glamour. Known for its nautical moderne style, the home features porthole windows and sea-foam green terrazzo ...
The giddy, gaudy Art Deco design movement emerged in the years before World War I, spread to just about every corner of the globe during the 1920s and ’30s, and then petered out during World War II.
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In today’s homes, it’s always a delight and surprise to see spaces that perfectly encapsulate bygone eras ...