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September, 2008
Dubai’s Buildings of the Future
Amid the man-made islands and extravagant theme parks and ever more preposterous architecture of Dubai, this city is building the future at warp speed.
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August, 2008
The Future of Bridges
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has reimagined skylines from Bilbao to Buenos Aires. T+L takes a closer look at his latest project.
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May, 2008
Norway’s New Opera House
A new waterfront landmark opera house is poised to put Oslo on the world stage.
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April, 2008
Tracing the Roots of Rajasthani Music
Tracing the interconnected origins of world music—from flamenco to the blues—Alex Shoumatoff travels to India in search of the Gypsy music of Rajasthan.
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March, 2008
T+L’s global guide to Arts & Culture
T+L spotlights the best of the spring season in New York, London, Beijing, and beyond. Plus, our favorite upcoming films and art and antiques fairs.
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March, 2008
Japan’s Imperial Secrets
In his new book, The Commoner, novelist John Burnham Schwartz imagines the hidden world of the Japanese imperial family—centuries-old traditions alive in the heart of modern Tokyo. Here’s how the story began.
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March, 2008
The Envolving Flight Attendants
For his new project, photographer Brian Finke traveled the world to shoot an evolving modern icon: the flight attendant.
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March, 2008
T+L Design awards 2008
Architecture and design shape every aspect of the travel experience, from hotels and museums to restaurants and luggage. For T+L’s fourth annual competition our illustrious jury chose the best of the year in 15 categories.
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March, 2008
Tintin Is My Copilot
Who says you can’t learn anything from a comic book? Hergé’s classic adventures have given millions of kids—and adults—the travel bug.
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February, 2008
The Temples of Tamil Nadu
A profusion of religious architecture spreads over an ancient agrarian landscape in Tamil Nadu, the deep south of India. Guy Trebay takes it in.
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February, 2008
Beijing’s Ullens Center for Contemporary Art
A munitions factory turned museum ushers in China’s latest cultural revolution.
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February, 2008
Literary Life in Istanbul’s Changing Society
In and around the Turkish university where she once taught, Nancy Milford finds literary life at the heart of a changing society.
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December, 2007
Grandmother's Travel Memories
Knowing her grandmother only through photo albums, Patricia Morrisroe tries to retrace her mysterious world travels
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November, 2007
So Much Larger than Life
Photographer Edward Burtynsky traverses the globe, documenting places where human ambition and intervention have eclipsed the natural world. T+L talks to the master of the Industrial Sublime
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October, 2007
Blasts from the Past
When the world was haunted by atomic dreams, Las Vegas regularly saw mushroom clouds on the horizon. So it made them part of the show. Now an atomic museum and the desert itself spotlight an era's sobering kitsch.
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October, 2007
T+L's Global Guide to Arts & Culture
From New York to Madrid to Tokyo, T+L spotlights eight culture capitals and maps easy itineraries that allow you to get your dose of art, architecture, theater, music, dance, and much more this fall. Plus, our picks of the best of the new season
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October, 2007
Art Gone Wild
Move over, Bilbao? A vibrant contemporary art hub is taking root in the mountain forests of Brazil's southeastern highlands.
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August, 2007
Madre Mia
A 17th-century palace in southern Italy is the perfect old-world setting for a bold collection of art.
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August, 2007
Serra’s Stones
Big art on a tiny Icelandic island shows Gabriella De Ferrari the contemplative side of an audacious American sculptor.
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August, 2007
On the Beach
Dreamlike views of the shoreline, by photographer Richard Misrach
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July, 2007
Swiss Tryst
With Thomas Mann's most famous novel in hand, a couple takes to the magic mountains
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May, 2007
All Eyes on London
New York and Berlin may be hot on its heels, but in the art world of the moment, Britannia rules.
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May, 2007
Danish Modern
Though it has the alphabetical advantage, Aarhus has always been known as Denmark's second city. Now, with dining and nightlife on par with Copenhagen's, the city is making an impressive bid for the limelight.
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May, 2007
New Voices in the Netherlands
In Amsterdam, reports Alex Abramovich, a group of second-generation immigrants—singers, writers, rappers— is finding its creative voice.
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May, 2007
Living Rooms
The new Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris showcases eight centuries of French savoir faire. Leslie Camhi tours the collections and the lives merged within.
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April, 2007
Low-Key Classical
At pianist Angela Hewitt’s Trasimeno festival in Umbria, Michael Z. Wise discovers the pleasures—and burgeoning global popularity—of the small, artist-run chamber music event.
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March, 2007
T+L’s Global Guide to the Arts
The best of Spring’s openings—Art and Architecture, Theater, Music, and Film.
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March, 2007
Critical Mass
On a gritty waterfront stretch of South Boston, the Institute of Contemporary Art has opened a jaw-dropping new home. Raul Barreneche takes a tour.
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December, 2006
Musical Feast
On a whirlwind cultural odyssey—from New York to London, Geneva, and Vienna—Paula Deitz turns from armchair traveler to a spectator of holiday traditions she has loved from afar
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December, 2006
Lenbachhaus Museum, Munich
Next time you’re in the Bavarian capital, visit the unrivaled collection of Expressionist art by the Blue Rider painters. Liesl Schillinger chooses five works not to miss
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December, 2006
Houston, Refined
Once known as the land of big oil fortunes, Houston has emerged as the Gulf Coast’s cultural capital, with a world-class art scene—and a slew of hotels, restaurants, and shops to match.
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November, 2006
Valencia’s High Note
The Reina Sofía performing arts center, designed by native son Santiago Calatrava, takes its bow.
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October, 2006
Unburied Treasure
Renzo Piano updates the Morgan Library, a cultural gem in midtown Manhattan.
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October, 2006
Edifice Complex
For the design of the Denver Art Museum's new building, architect Daniel Libeskind opens the perspective wide.
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September, 2006
Make an Architectural Pilgrimage
From Rome to Kyoto, our pick of 12 landmarks that will change the way you see the world
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August, 2006
High Drama
The Guthrie, Minneapolis's vanguard of American theater, moves into its new home on the Mississippi River, showcasing a bold design by maverick French architect Jean Nouvel. Raul Barreneche takes a tour
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May, 2006
A Tale of Two Cities
All eyes are on Salzburg and Vienna as they celebrate Mozart's 250th birthday. James Fenton reports. PLUS T+L's guide to cultural events in Europe
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May, 2006
Spanish Noir
In the small town of Gijón, in northern Spain, Scott Spencer discovers a literary festival devoted to crime novels, comics, and science fiction—a celebration of pulp and darkness
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May, 2006
Back to School
England's university towns have some of the country's best museums outside of London. This five-day drive takes you through pastoral landscapes and to nine superb collections— covering everything from art to zoology.
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April, 2006
Made in China
Beijing's vibrant arts scene has gone from underground to
big-time. as the city rushes to transform itself, Nell
Freudenberger tags along with a few of the Chinese art
world's brightest stars.
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March, 2006
The New Season
T+L's guide to the arts—A Rembrandt retrospective and the Whitney Biennial; eye-popping Spanish architecture and the complete Shakespeare; an operatic monster in Los Angeles and Imelda in Oz. plus: premieres in London and New Orleans, and more
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March, 2006
Metropolitan Museum
Curators at New York's venerable Met are constantly adding to its famously wide-ranging collections. On your next visit, make sure to track down these five new acquisitions.
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February, 2006
Up At The Villa
Amid controversy about the provenance of some of its classical antiquities, Los Angeles's Getty Villa opens after a 12-year renovation.
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November, 2005
The Art of War
In the medieval castles of the countryside outside Florence, Ilaria Dagnini Brey explores
one of art history's thrilling wartime chapters
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November, 2005
Mideast Meets West
Despite increased tension between their nation and the United States, a class of progressive
young Syrians is embracing American culture and all of its trappings. Lee Smith
reports from Damascus
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November, 2005
Stepping Out
In the indigenous muxe culture of Mexico's Oaxaca state, alternative notions of sexuality are not only accepted, they're celebrated. Eleni N. Gage reports
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October, 2005
T+L Reports: Haunted Art House
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October, 2005
At the Crossroads
Istanbul has always been marked by contrasts—old and new, east and west, secular and
sacred. Now, as it attempts to bridge the gulf between Europe and the Muslim world, the city's
split personality is more seductive than ever.
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October, 2005
T+L Reports: Show Me the Monument
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October, 2005
T+L Reports: Poetic License
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September, 2005
Art Oasis
A vibrant center of minimalist and contemporary art thrives in the Texas desert. Paul Alexander takes a panoramic view of the landscape.
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September, 2005
The New Season
T+L's guide to culture: Renaissance paintings and French Surrealists; Tristan und Isolde and The Odd Couple; architecture in the Berkshires; and more.
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September, 2005
Frontierland
Azerbaijan has a rich multi-ethnic history, decrepit Soviet-Era achitecture, great food, and enormous quantities of oil. Gary Shteyngart takes in the surreal contrasts of the wild east.
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August, 2005
The New Casino Culture
No one will be shocked—shocked!— to learn that gambling is going on in these establishments. But as Jonathan Van Meter demonstrates, the American casino experience in 2005 is a different game altogether.
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August, 2005
Sound Design
Luxembourg's new concert hall heralds the Grand Duchy's transformation from humdrum hub of Eurocrats to cultural capital.
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August, 2005
Going Mobile
Once a symbol of the postwar American vacation, the RV is having a second coming.
PLUS A brief history of the trailer and three classic itineraries—from 'Michiana' to Mississippi.
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July, 2005
Swiss Harmony
Lucerne—with its summer festival, Jean Nouvel–designed concert hall, and serious arts scene—has become a quietly exciting destination.
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June, 2005
Spirited Away
The Japanese bathing ritual is as sacred today as it was thousands of years ago, when animists worshipped nature in all its forms. T+L visits the country's hot-spring resorts from Honshu to Kyushu to explore this vital tradition.
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June, 2005
Passage to Pondy
Pondicherry, a breezy oasis on India's Coromandel Coast, has the laid-back feel of a college town—one with an ashram, French colonial architecture, and a particularly benevolent elephant.
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May, 2005
Madrid's Capital Gains
With the expansion of its three biggest museums, the Spanish capital claims pride of place on the global art scene. Andrew Ferren takes a tour
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May, 2005
Festival Spotlight
Opera in Provence, chamber music in Norway, Japanese theater in New York: here, T+L's guide to the new season in Europe and across North America.
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April, 2005
Dreamings Down Under
With interest in Aboriginal art at an all-time high, Peter Goldsworthy treks to the source: the remote desert communities of central Australia
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April, 2005
Kraków's New Gilded Age
As the government returns seized palaces and flats to aristocrats, Poland's second city is undergoing a quiet revolution. But, Peter S. Green wonders, can the nobility help restore Kraków as the country's center of culture and commerce?
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March, 2005
Concrete Memory
On a vast site in the center of Berlin, Peter Eisenman's stark, haunting Holocaust memorial offers a glimpse into the heart of darkness. Michael Z. Wise reports
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February, 2005
The New Season
T+L's arts preview—from rare drawings by Rubens and lobster telephones by Dalí, to eye-catching architecture in Porto, to premieres in London and Houston, and more
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January, 2005
T+L Reports: Painting Paris Red
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January, 2005
Urban Utopias
Despite representing a kind of admirably grandiose idealism, the planned city has been out of vogue since the 1970's. But in Asia, as Karrie Jacobs reports, it's making a comeback. The latest: Malaysia's eye-popping Putrajaya
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December, 2004
Blues Traveler
Tracing the origin of the blues isn't easy, but, as Alex Shoumatoff discovers, Bamako, Mali, with its thriving mix of musical traditions, is a good place to start
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December, 2004
T+L Reports: Casinos and Canvases
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November, 2004
The New Season
T+L's guide to culture—Aztecs and Impressionists, Mary Poppins and Monty Python, underground in Osaka and at water's edge in Copenhagen, and more
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November, 2004
Living History
Bill Clinton's soon-to-open Presidential Center & Park has already given Little Rock a boost. But Jay Jennings wonders whether visitors will come for more than just the Clintoniana
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November, 2004
House of Swing
Jazz at Lincoln Center's new home redefines the landscape for the quintessential American art form. Robert Sandla reports
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September, 2004
Lithuanian Legacy
Vilnius was once the great Jewish cultural center Vilna, 'the Jerusalem of the North.' Tracing that heritage, Daniel Mendelsohn finds, makes for a bittersweet journey
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June, 2004
Terminal Velocity
When Steven Spielberg wanted to film his latest movie at an airport, he didn't just scout the perfect spot—he built it from the ground up.
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June, 2004
T+L Reports: Inside England
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June, 2004
Cabanarama
At hotels everywhere the sun shines, cabanas are more luxurious, high-tech—and numerous—than ever. Stephen Drucker examines the return of the poolside status symbol
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May, 2004
It's Showtime!
Cinema under the stars in Switzerland, chamber music in Rome, kabuki in New York. It's all here in T+L's guide to the best cultural festivals in Europe and across the U.S.A.
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May, 2004
The Family Vault
Secreted for 70 years in a castle in Vaduz, the Liechtenstein Collection now returns to the royal palace in Vienna where it once hung. Mary Haus takes a closer look
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April, 2004
T+L Reports: Southern Belles
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April, 2004
T+L Reports: Americans Abroad
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April, 2004
American Beauty
Graceland and Niagara Falls, Disneyland and the Wild West—our icons, instantly recognizable, belong to the world. But if we think we know the tenor of global opinion, we may be in for a surprise.
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April, 2004
T+L Reports: Made in China
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April, 2004
T+L Reports: Artifacts
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April, 2004
Deco Divine
A newly opened retrospective devoted to the history of Art Deco reveals that the 20th century's most glamorous style reached its peak in the United States.
Plus: 13 places to get your Deco fix from coast to coast.
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March, 2004
T+L Reports: The Stones of Venice
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March, 2004
Ghosts Of the Mississippi
Before the Civil War, there were several hundred plantations lining the River Road between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The handful that remain offer a glimpse into a bygone era.
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March, 2004
T+L Reports: Mexico's Cultural Capital
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March, 2004
T+L Reports: American Splendor
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March, 2004
Going for Baroque
In Sicily, the aristocracy has flung open the doors of its palazzi to reveal a world virtually unchanged since the 19th century. Guy Trebay steps in to find that you don't have to be a prince to be treated like royalty
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February, 2004
Sacre Bleu
. . . and green and yellow and red, too. Artists are turning a hand to the windows of France's oldest churches, and the results couldn't be more heavenly.
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February, 2004
T+L Reports: Waters Rising in New York
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February, 2004
T+L Reports: Three's Company
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February, 2004
Mount Vesuvius
Italy's redoubtable volcano has given Alexis Rockman a natural subject. He's not the first artist to have fallen for its volatile beauty.
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February, 2004
Mecca's Makeover
Islam's holiest city attracts millions of pilgrims—more every year. To accommodate the faithful, the Saudis are constructing a vast new gateway. Michael Z. Wise reports
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February, 2004
T+L Reports: Finnish Follies
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February, 2004
T+L Reports: Cool Sailing: Antarctica
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January, 2004
T+L Reports: Free Radicals
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January, 2004
T+L Reports: The Pride of Spain
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January, 2004
Full Circle
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January, 2004
T+L Reports: Fancy Footwork
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January, 2004
T+L Reports: L.A. Kingpins
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December, 2003
T+L Reports: Where the Living is Easy
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December, 2003
T+L Reports: World Beat
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December, 2003
Piano Forte
With two new buildings—one in Dallas, the other in Rome—Italian architect Renzo Piano breaks the mold, again. Gabriella De Ferrari takes their measure
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December, 2003
T+L Reports: Finnish Line
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December, 2003
Best of Barbados
Once a hideaway for the elite, this Caribbean island now lures an eclectic mix of visitors, with stylish hotels and shops, a thriving restaurant scene, and deserted beaches.
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November, 2003
T+L Reports: Precious Metal
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November, 2003
The Best of Baja
From the resort-filled playground of Los Cabos to the vast, deserted East Cape, Mexico's Baja California is a study in contrasts—which is part of the allure of this sun-drenched peninsula. Here, an essential guide to the region.
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November, 2003
T+L Reports: Fantasy Island
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November, 2003
Zulu Nation
In post-apartheid South Africa, Zulu culture has been reborn—as a tourist attraction. Lodges now package the tribal experience with Disneyesque floor shows and re-created villages. So, asks Bob Morris, how Zulu can you go?
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November, 2003
T+L Reports: Latin Beats
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November, 2003
T+L Reports: Tokyo Tower
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November, 2003
T+L Reports: State of Bliss
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November, 2003
T+L Reports: French Lessons
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November, 2003
T+L Reports: From Sea to Shining Sea
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October, 2003
T+L Reports: Sound Waves
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October, 2003
T+L Reports: America The Beautiful
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October, 2003
Lisbon's Bel Canto
While the rest of the city sleeps, the fadistas pour their hearts out in song. Jason Fine traces fado music's mournful roots and follows the creatures of the night
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October, 2003
T+L Reports: Asian Persuasion
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October, 2003
T+L Reports: Dynamic Duos
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October, 2003
T+L Reports: British Royals
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October, 2003
T+L Reports: Renaissance Men
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September, 2003
T+L Reports: Surreal Chic
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September, 2003
T+L Reports: Midwest Modern
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September, 2003
T+L Reports: Foreign Matter
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August, 2003
T+L Reports: Stepping Up
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August, 2003
T+L Reports: British Home Front
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August, 2003
T+L Reports: Peru's Royal Flush
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June, 2003
Petal Pushing
To learn the tricks of the trade—and perhaps be humbled in the process—Christopher Petkanas signs up for hotel classes with a Parisian master florist
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June, 2003
T+L Reports: Opera à Deux
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June, 2003
T+L Reports: Europe's Baby Biennial
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June, 2003
T+L Reports: East is East
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June, 2003
T+L Reports: Miami Heat
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June, 2003
T+L Reports: Keeping it Real
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June, 2003
T+L Reports: Amazon Visions
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June, 2003
T+L Reports: Bingo!
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May, 2003
T+L Reports: Beyond Baroque
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May, 2003
T+L Reports: London Stage
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May, 2003
T+L Reports: Photo Op
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May, 2003
T+L Reports: Grand Master Flash
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April, 2003
T+L Reports: Transatlantic Relations
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April, 2003
T+L Reports: A Global Cast
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April, 2003
Great Days in Harlem
A neighborhood renaissance is in full swing above Manhattan's Central Park. What are you waiting for?
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April, 2003
Hudson River School
Forget pastoral scenes extolling the virtues of the American countryside. Suddenly, it's all about minimalism, earthworks, and Frank Gehry. Leslie Camhi reports
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April, 2003
The Deprivation Vacation
There's a wave of travelers who are making do with less—deserted islands, silent retreats, anti-smoking cruises. Has abstinence become the new indulgence?
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March, 2003
Seoul Attraction
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March, 2003
Sugar Rush
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March, 2003
Global Beats
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February, 2003
Hail to the Chiefs
Scotland's clan system may have officially ended in the 18th century, but each region still has its own pater or mater familias, many with castles to tour—and even to rent. Charles Maclean, a chieftain himself, leads the way into glorious domains.
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February, 2003
T+L Reports: Exhibitions
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February, 2003
T+L Reports: Italian Idylls
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February, 2003
T+L Reports: Museum Milestone
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January, 2003
T+L Reports: Aloha, Shangri La
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January, 2003
Modern Master
Fort Worth inaugurates a new temple of art—by 21st-century visionary Tadao Ando. Jim Lewis goes for a tour
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December, 2002
Italian Hours
In the early 20th century, the British gentry bought up villa after villa
in Florence, ushering in a renaissance of their own. One of the most famous houses of the period is soon to be open to the public.
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December, 2002
T+L Reports: Perfect Pitch
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December, 2002
Andalusia's Journey
For 700 years, Muslims, Christians, and Jews flourished in the fertile landscape of southern Spain. Edward W. Said reflects on that rich past from the perspective of our own uneasily hybrid world
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December, 2002
T+L Reports: Mine Over Matter
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November, 2002
Stealing Beauty
Tibet's treasures have inspired artists, authors, celebrities—and thieves. Ron Gluckman tracks the lost artifacts of one of the world's oldest civilizations
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November, 2002
English Class
What makes the British so very British? Bob Morris heads to London and gets a proper education
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November, 2002
Calendar | November
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November, 2002
Roman Inquisition
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November, 2002
Best in Show
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November, 2002
Girlfriend in a Coma
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November, 2002
Singapore Sings
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November, 2002
Music
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November, 2002
Oh, L'amour
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August, 2002
Insider: After Dark
The Jazz Age is alive and well and living in Germany. Wynton Marsalis, America's favorite trumpeter, knows where
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July, 2002
Continental Clubbing
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July, 2002
Summer Stage
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July, 1999
Montreal's World Beat
From bebop to bossa nova, samba to swing, the rhythms of Quebec's biggest city are as varied as its people. And in summertime, when the weather heats up, the city does, too, as festival after festival transforms Montreal into a nonstop carnival. There's n
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