Bassano del Grappa, small medieval town in the Alps mountains, Veneto region, Italy getty The eight regions of northern Italy—which include the Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and Trentino-Alto Adige—are each unique in terms of their history, topography, and culture. So it shouldn’t be surprising that […]
Month: May 2022
How to finance home renovations in canada As with any big-ticket purchase, there are different ways to finance a home renovation. It’s common to pull from your savings to pay for any upgrades on your home. In fact, as of October 2021, a Bloomberg and Ratesdotca survey found that 59% […]
Pratt’s creative community is continually exploring areas as diverse as historical research, sound art, climate change, and neuroscience. These fascinating recent conversations with ten notable alumni and faculty members offer a wide range of new ideas and perspectives. Groundbreaking Photography Photographer Sylvia Plachy, BFA ’65, helped define New York City’s […]
Cool and Connected: Smart Fridges Fit for Your Kitchen – Mansion Global These refrigerators will preserve your food—and your sanity—with a host of high-tech features By John ElliotOriginally Published May 3, 2022 A refrigerator may seem like a simple thing, but the central appliance of your kitchen could be doing […]
Sheena Wagstaff would often visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the 1980s when she was an arts student, seeking refuge among the Buddhas and bodhisattvas of the Asian art department. Her appointment in 2012 as the museum’s top curator of modern and contemporary art brought the most overshadowed department […]
It’s a sleek and contemporary New York-style apartment in the heart of Beverly Hills: a penthouse dubbed One LA that recently hit the market for $75 million. If it sells for the asking price, the newly constructed penthouse will break the record for the highest-priced condominium sale in the City […]