Williamsburg Art & Historical Center in New York
The Williamsburg Art & Historical Center is a multicultural, multidisciplinary arts center in Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York), founded in 1996 by Yuko Nii. From the outside, it may resemble an antique shop, but the center is housed in a historic building — a French Second Empire–style architectural masterpiece built in 1867. History The Williamsburg Art…
Georgian Restaurant Laliko in New York Receives a Michelin Award
In recent years, New York has been experiencing an exciting and very welcome trend — a true renaissance of Georgian cuisine. And now, some great news: Laliko has been awarded the Michelin Bib Gourmand 2025. The Michelin Bib Gourmand is not a “star,” but a separate official Michelin distinction. It ranks above simply being included…
Meta Lab Pop-Up Store on Fifth Avenue
This Friday, a Meta Lab pop-up store opened on Fifth Avenue in New York. Although most of us know and love Meta primarily for its social platforms, this technology boutique is entirely dedicated to the company’s devices. A Showroom That Feels Like a Testing Ground The pop-up spans two floors. You can pick up, try…
Tour of Gertrude Whitney Studio in New York
Gertrude Whitney Studio is the first studio of artist and sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art. It was a place where she not only created her own work but also attracted contemporary artists whose pieces later became part of the permanent collection of one of the leading museums of…
Exhibition Downtown/Uptown: New York in the Eighties at Lévy Gorvy Dayan, New York
Remember I wrote about the incredible gallery Salon 94, the one that showed Urs Fischer’s furniture? It turns out Salon 94’s founder — Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn — was previously part of the young art consortium LGDR, founded in 2021. History Each letter in LGDR stood for a founder’s last name, and the idea behind the…
The Complete Guide to New York City’s Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal, also known as Grand Central Station in New York, is one of New York’s most striking landmarks and, as it happens, the largest passenger railway station in the world in terms of number of platforms and total area. Early History Architecture The station was rebuilt three times: Grand Central Depot (1871) ➡️…
Salvator Mundi Museum of Art in New York
This museum is dedicated to the Salvator Mundi and houses the largest collection of artworks and related materials on this theme. It is also an art project and a company known as Real Salvator Mundi. The Salvator Mundi will forever remain a subject of great interest, intrigue, and debate regarding its quality and authenticity. History…
The Vander Ende–Onderdonk House Museum in New York
The Vander Ende–Onderdonk House Museum is the oldest surviving Dutch colonial stone house in New York City. Here you can learn about the daily life of Dutch farmers who once owned the land that is now known as Bushwick. If you’ve already been almost everywhere and happen to be nearby, why not stop in? The…
Photo: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in Autumn
“Architecture is the frame of life,” the museum’s architect Frank Lloyd Wright once said. The Guggenheim is one of the oldest and most visited collections of modern art in the world, and also one of the most beautiful museums in the United States. Criticism from the Public But it wasn’t always admired. For many years…
Sputnik in the UN Lobby
New York is an endless playground for a curious mind. Where else can you take a tour of the United Nations and see Sputnik hanging in the lobby? Yes, a full-scale model of the world’s first artificial satellite is suspended from the ceiling in the public entrance hall of the UN headquarters. History Sputnik 1…
