A truckload of rats was just the beginning for Oscar-nominated production designer Craig Lathrop's decaying world.

“I bought four dozen books on different subjects,” he tells us, covering everything from Solominic magic and the occult to Gothic architecture ... film’s distinctly German aesthetic.

Germany’s past is written across its landscapes, from the Roman frontier to medieval fortresses and the echoes of empire. It was here that Charlemagne forged the foundations of the Holy Roman Empire ...

The once effortless art of slipping into inherited furs, layering on jewels and bathing in pearls before a gala has become a ...

The 1920s saw incredible transformation in typography and graphics more broadly. It was, in fact, the decade when the term ‘graphic design’ was first coined in 1922 by William Addison Dwiggins to ...

But did you know that the Gothic ... of that aside, German expressionist cinema of the ’20s, like Nosferatu and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari clearly inspired Batman Returns‘ art direction.

The Old Stone Church at 14 S. Washington in downtown Naperville has been the clubhouse for the Naperville Woman’s Club for ...

In the last six months, the Slovak National Gallery (SNG) has had three acting directors following the dismissal of Alexandra Kusá in August last year by Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová, who is a ...

What originated in the late 1300s as a small, moated Gothic castle was transformed over the centuries by the Bavarian Wittelsbach dynasty to become the largest city palace in Germany. From 1508 to ...

There is literally an institution for every interest, whether it’s in art, history ... entirely to late-19th- and early-20th-century German and Austrian fine and decorative arts, this elegant ...

The exhibition is the first properly to consider Goldin as a filmmaker. When The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1979-86) came ...

Ditch the spotlight-stealing capitals, embrace the charm of lesser-known destinations, and make this the year of the Second City!