A photo of the crash scene in the Kursk region.

Art Deco has never really gone out of style: Even after a century, the zigzag meanders, suave ladies and elegant lines associated with it still define sophistication. The style gained popularity ...

Having many elements in common with Cubism and Russian Constructivism, Art Deco moved the focus from the ephemeral to the practical and the engineered. A craving for order after chaos, one might say.

culminating in the First World War and the Russian Revolution. In the fine arts, ideas of the past were subject to renewed critical examination, and the traditions, techniques and subject matter of ...

The story of Art Deco architecture begins on April 28, 1925, when one of the most important exhibitions in the history of modern design and applied arts threw open its doors. The Exposition ...

The Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes launched the style we now call art deco, and the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles has been celebrating all weekend at one ...

When it burst onto the international scene 100 years ago this week, Art Deco epitomized all that was ... Featuring Infamous Symbols US Forces Train to Shoot New Kind of Anti Drone Rifles 11 ...

MILAN — An emblem of the Roaring ’20s, Art Deco remains one of the most revolutionary design movements of all time. Distinguished for its engine-inspired motifs like zigzag and sunrays and use ...

"Irène and Her Sister" (1925), a double portrait of siblings who fled Russia was printed in an issue of Vanity Fair magazine. Lempicka later claimed that the image launched the Art Deco movement.

Continuing our Art Deco Centenary series we profile graphic ... and spent his childhood moving between what was then the Russian Empire and France before his family settled in Paris in 1915 ...

For instance, though Russian-born, the aforementioned Erté helped to establish the essential vibe of French art deco in the 1910s and 20s, especially with his magazine covers. Other significant ...

Called “L’Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs,” it ran from April to October 1925, attracted 16 million people, and was a celebration of Modernism and Art Deco design. It occupied ...