Van Gogh’s Haunted Mind: Alcohol, Absinthe, and the Madness That Consumed Him The colors swirled and pulsed before his eyes: electric blues, starburst yellows, deep, bottomless blacks. The world did ...
Few spirits have a more mysterious and convoluted reputation than absinthe. This Swiss spirit is nicknamed "la fée verte" or ...
Absinthe, like adidas Sambas, Nottingham Forest and, sadly, Donald Trump, is cyclical in its vogue. Though this romantic ...
nor propelling the brushes of Van Gogh or the ink pots of Wilde, there are London bars once again traversing the great absinthe plains. One is Quo Vadis in Soho, another is Nightjar in Old Street ...
A mystery woman, long concealed beneath a work from Picasso's early Blue Period, has been uncovered by researchers, shedding ...
The ban on absinthe in 1915 paved the way for the rise of pastis, a beloved French aperitif that remains a cultural icon today. Recognizable as the quintessential aperitif in France, its popularity ...
Perhaps the attraction for famous artists and writers of the day like Hemingway and Van Gogh was fairly simple. Absinthe is a mighty strong drink, and the literary and artistic types of the day were, ...
A $50 Van Gogh? Experts say no, offering an alternative attribution to the little known Danish artist Henning Elimar.
The world-traveling immersive art exhibitions, "Beyond Van Gogh" and "Beyond Monet," will visit the Greenville Convention ...