CULTURE

There is a persistent myth that the Middle Ages were an era of emotional restraint: a world of stone cloisters, chastity belts (which mostly didn’t exist), and solemn devotion unmarred by desire.  Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages , now on view at  The Met Cloisters through March 29, 2026 , dismantles that comforting fiction with intelligence, elegance, and a sly sense of humor. It is one of those exhibitions that quietly rearranges what you thought

On a crisp morning far above the bustle of Midtown, a day that feels quintessentially  New York City  begins not with Times Square crowds but with a quiet walk up Broadway into  Washington Heights , where one of the city’s most enchanting cultural surprises awaits. Many visitors zip straight from Central Park into the museum corridor—MoMA, The Met, The Guggenheim—yet just a short subway ride north lies the  Hispanic Society Museum & Library , an unexpected treasure trove tuck

In a city that changes by the minute, its most enduring traditions continue to reinvent themselves. New York City has always lived with an orchestra’s temperament—restless, layered, sometimes discordant, but capable of great, sweeping beauty. In  late 2025 and early 2026 , that character is nowhere more evident than in its classical music and opera scene, one of the most vibrant ecosystems of live performance in the world. At a time when cultural capitals globally are recalib

From August 5, 2025, to January 4, 2026, the  Harn Museum of Art  in Gainesville, Florida, invites visitors on a sweeping journey through a century of French modernism with its exhibition  French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850–1950 . Featuring over 55 paintings, drawings, and sculptures drawn from the Brooklyn Museum’s renowned European collection, this exhibition offers a rare opportunity to trace the evolution of French art during a period of profound transformation, from

In the terraced gardens of Sanssouci, every step feels like a dialogue with history. The statues breathe with the wind, glimmer with the sunlight, and listen to the murmur of the park’s fountains. At the foot of the vineyard hill, the  French Rondel  unveils twelve life-size marble figures, sculpted under the direction of  François Gaspard Adam , head of Frederick the Great’s Berlin sculpture workshop. Mercury, Venus, Apollo, Diana, Jupiter, Juno, Minerva, and Mars stand alon

New York, November 2025 —The Metropolitan Museum of Art once again redefines how we understand the avant-garde with its monumental exhibition  Man Ray: When Objects Dream , opening this November 1st, 2025 in New York. The exhibition offers a sweeping exploration of Man Ray’s uncanny vision—a world where photography and sculpture, dreams and material reality, merge in ways that still unsettle and astonish a century later. Visitor Information Venue:  The Metropolitan Museum of

What if the greatest mystery of art lay in a simple smile? In Rare smiles – An Investigation in the Museums of the World , published in November 2025, art critic Alexia Guggémos explores this universal emotion, so rare on canvas, yet so essential to our humanity. In museum galleries, faces line up, solemn, hieratic. And suddenly, a smile. Fleeting, shy, almost accidental. This fragile apparition is what Alexia Guggémos has been chasing for thirty years. In Rare smiles – An In

On the evening of October 30th, I had the honor of attending a vibrant and deeply meaningful cultural celebration hosted at the Consulate General of Guatemala in Las Vegas. The reception, graciously led by Vice Consul  Alan Escobedo  and his team, brought together members of the Guatemalan community, cultural representatives, local leaders, and invited guests for a night centered around one of Guatemala’s most cherished traditions:  the Festival of the Giant Kites  (Festival

Blending the mysticism of Persian classical music with the universality of global collaboration, maestro Kayhan Kalhor transcends geography and language—inviting audiences into a timeless conversation between cultures. There are few musicians who can make an ancient instrument sing with such intimacy, mystery, and universality as  Kayhan Kalhor , the Iranian master of the  kamancheh —a bowed string instrument that has echoed through Persian courts and villages for centuries.