At 140 Rue de Rennes in Paris stands a striking building, its corner turret unlike any other. Celebrating the heyday of ...

Who was Hector Guimard? The all-but-forgotten French architect and industrial designer (1867–1942) is responsible for the instantly recognizable entrances Art Nouveau entrances to the Paris Métro, ...

Paris’s Petit Palais is reliving the Belle Époque with an exhibition celebrating life in the cosmopolitan wonderland at the turn of the 20th century. “Paris 1900: The City of Entertainment” revisits ...

The Paris World’s Fair of 1900 (also known as The Exposition Universelle) was held in Paris between 15 April and 12 November. On display were many new inventions: matryoshka dolls, Diesel engines, ...

Prague spring blossoms with the curlicued flowers and vines of Art Nouveau. Born in Paris to a Czech designer and popularized by a Belgian, the aesthetic movement defined fin-de-siècle aesthetic ...