The Private Collection - LOT B - (The Ba...

Some treasures tell beautiful stories. Others are connected to tragedies...As is the case with the Jewish Treasure of Colmar.Hidden in dramatic circumstances, it was miraculously preserved. The treasure, comprising objects of a rare luxury, along with more modest items, is the wi ... Show More

Rencontre avec Céline Pévrier, des éditions sun/sun, Adrien Genoudet, qui dirige la collection « Fléchette » au sein de la maison, et Hélène Gaudy, l’une des premières autrices à y avoir été publiée. 

<p>The oud virtuoso reflects on his path to the instrument, via a stamp collection and an Egyptian movie star</p><p>When Joseph was 10, his dad swapped an iron and $100 for a second-hand oud at Sydney's Glebe markets. </p><p>The oud is a traditional middle eastern instrument – th ... Show More

<p>Sets from the original 1960’s Star Trek have been recreated for fans and actors alike in Ticonderoga, New York.</p><p><strong>READ MORE IN THE ATLAS:</strong> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/star-trek-original-series-set-tour" target="_blank">https://www.atlasobsc ... Show More

C’est l’une des plus importantes collections de collections privées d'impressionnisme français en Europe. Rassemblées par un couple de riches industriels au début du XXe siècle, c’est la première fois que ces peintures sont exposées hors les murs. La collection du musée Langmatt ... Show More

Treasures have been found at the bottom of the sea, in the jungle, in fields … usually far removed from human habitation. But there have been some remarkable exceptions! A few feet underground, in the middle of one of London’s busiest streets, the Cheapside wooden chest managed t ... Show More

[Summer of Epics]Some treasures disappear forever ... but others resurface.Like the sunken treasure of Belitung.Once submerged in a reef, somewhere in the Java Sea, the treasure now holds pride of place, in the heart of the Asian Civilizations Museum in Singapore.Presented in a d ... Show More

Deir el-Medina’s Golden Age (Part 1). In the age of Sety I, the village of the tomb-builders expanded significantly. Likewise, our evidence for daily life, families, households, and business begins to proliferate. Historians can identify individuals from tombs and connect them wi ... Show More

Suzanne L. Marchand's new book Porcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe (Princeton University Press, 2020) balances several histories at once through the story of a single commodity. Rather than a history of art or aesthetics per se—though it certainly touches style and arti ... Show More