New York’s iconic Guggenheim Museum will be celebrating its 50th birthday later this year, and has just opened a special exhibition to mark the event. This year is also the 50th anniversary of the death of Frank Lloyd Wright, the building’s architect who died only months before the museum’s official opening. Considered Wright’s masterpiece, New [...]

It’s June! That means summer! That means beach! That means urban pleasures in the sun, and in some lucky metropolises, urban beaches! No, we’re not talking about those seasonal man-made beaches increasingly common in European cities located far away from the coast. We’re talking about shores created by nature, facing real oceans, and with the [...]

After 30 years of planning, nearly five years of construction, and 130 million euros later, Athens’ New Acropolis Museum will finally open this month. The official opening date is June 20, and the admission price will only be one euro until December 31st, 2009. For the first three days after the inauguration, only etickets will [...]