PARIS (REUTERS).- Say “La Samaritaine” in this city and shopping-mad Parisians will wax nostalgic about a beloved department store which once boasted it had “everything”. Now, the monument to retail therapy on the right bank of the Seine which has been…
Much-Loved Paris Shopping Shrine "La Samaritaine" to Become 450 Million Euro Hotel
PARIS (REUTERS).- Say “La Samaritaine” in this city and shopping-mad Parisians will wax nostalgic about a beloved department store which once boasted it had “everything”. Now, the monument to retail therapy on the right bank of the Seine which has been…
Miniature Portrait in Brooklyn Museum Collection Now Attributed to Rembrandt Pupil Gerrit Dou
BROOKLYN, NY.- A small, jewel-like portrait, circa 1631, that has been in the Brooklyn Museum collection since 1932 and has not been on public view since early 1945, has recently been reattributed to Rembrandt’s first pupil, Gerrit Dou. It has just …
Tacheles: Berlin’s Alternative Scene Fights for Survival
BERLIN (REUTERS).- Txus Parras, who has been squatting in the Tacheles building in downtown Berlin since the wall fell two decades ago, says he won’t leave it without putting up a fight. Tacheles is one of many forums for alternative culture in the Ger…
Tacheles: Berlin’s Alternative Scene Fights for Survival
BERLIN (REUTERS).- Txus Parras, who has been squatting in the Tacheles building in downtown Berlin since the wall fell two decades ago, says he won’t leave it without putting up a fight. Tacheles is one of many forums for alternative culture in the Ger…