The starting point for origami, the art of folding paper, is the Japanese culture but as this became a complex form of art its influence and popularity grew worldwide.

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At the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, you can see the visual of an intricate bas relief created for New India Assurance Building by sculp tor N.G. Pansare between 1935-37. The structure was designed ...

This twin-city cultural festival celebrates 100 years of Art Deco design and shared heritage between Mumbai and Miami. This twin-city cultural festival celebrates 100 years of Art Deco design and ...

President Trump’s “demolish first, ask questions later” approach highlights a tension involved in a bipartisan desire to streamline the building process. By Michael Kimmelman Joshua Citarella, the ...

"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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ashlee Marie Preston covers entertainment, travel, and ecotourism. Paris birthed Art Deco long before the world had a name for it.

Lately, in my personal corner of the internet, I have been showered in imagery of pared-back wood-paneled rooms, and thick cast glass and black lacquer set against ecru rugs and elegant gray silks, ...

One hundred years ago, in a city called Paris, a fair was had, and an era was born. Art Deco unofficially got its name a few decades later, but it was the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs ...

Stephanie Kienle Gonzalez and her husband Chris Gonzalez fell in love with South Africa—they were struck by land and the bush life surrounding the city—10 years ago. But at the time, they were living ...

“Can’t repeat the past?…Why of course you can!” said Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s beloved novel, The Great Gatsby. That’s exactly the sentiment as Art Deco officially turns 100 years this year.