Art tips

It’s hard to believe JW Marriott Dallas Arts District hasn’t even been open for a year yet. Standing proudly and welcoming in the middle of the country’s largest urban arts district, the five star hotel fits in seamlessly and feels like it’s been a beloved part of the community forever.

In the summers, yachts moor just off the Bodrum peninsula while their owners come ashore for long, sybaritic lunches. Guests at the hotels dotting this stretch of the Turkish Riviera recline on chaises positioned on floating piers in the Aegean. At night everyone heads to the clubs to dance, drawn in by vocalists’ siren songs that waft onto the streets.

Literary Francophiles, your time has come. A new independent French and English languages bookstore and café just opened in Manhattan. And the vibes are parfaite.

This is part of a collection of stories celebrating the many shapes retirement travel can take. Read more here.

This is part of a collection of stories celebrating the many shapes retirement travel can take. Read more here.

The enormously popular Palm Springs Modernism Week with its open house tours may have just passed, but no worries if you couldn’t make it. So rich is the city’s and the surrounding Coachella Valley’s architectural heritage that there’s no end to discovering more on the masters who, beginning nearly a century ago, made all of today’s cherished Desert Modernism happen.

Impressionism, the movement that forever marked the history of art, is now 150 years old, almost to the day. To celebrate the anniversary, the Musee d’Orsay in Paris together with the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., just opened a very anticipated exhibition, Paris 1874 Inventing impressionism,where spectators have the chance to feel as if they were there for the movement’s birth.

With its huge size and centuries of history, it would be impossible to see all of Istanbul in one trip – or perhaps even in one lifetime.

With its pastel pink walls and thick red carpets, the design of The Grand Budapest Hotel is immediately recognizable to just about anyone, regardless of whether you’ve seen the film or not (it didn't receive an Academy Award for Best Production Design for no reason.) While you unfortunately can’t stay at the real Grand Budapest Hotel (there isn't one), you can check in to some existing properties that look right out of a Wes Anderson production. These colorful, luxe hotels all stand in the same design spirit as the iconic Grand Budapest.

Perched just east of the Andes, the historic city of Mendoza serves as one of Argentina’s most renowned tourist destinations, with domestic and international travelers gathering in droves to explore the region’s thriving wine scene. Though there’s certainly no shortage of high-end experiences to enjoy across the city, Mendoza is also perfectly suited for budget travelers, with colorful hostels and low-cost cuisine found all throughout city limits. No matter how you’ve decided to budget, a trip to Mendoza is certain to leave you with lasting memories and a newfound appreciation for Argentine Malbec.

Spring and summer are set to top temperature charts in 2024, so choosing your city break based on the amount of cooling natural spaces would be a shrewd move. Based on air quality, number of green spaces and pollution, Essential Living’s Green City Index recently rounded up Europe’s greenest cities and gave them a ‘Green Space Score’. Here is a selection of the cities that top the list, with a recommendation of some stylish accommodation, too.

‘Leeds has an independent, thriving arts scene,” says Emma Beverley, the director of programmes at last year’s cultural showcase, Leeds 2023. “A lot of that is grounded in an artist-led movement that is pretty pioneering.”

The Shore Club in Miami Beach is entering a new era. The art deco property will undergo a redevelopment and relaunch as part of the Auberge Resorts Collection. A grand reopening is planned for 2027.

For those looking to visit Sicily and experience it in a new way, a good place to start is the Villa Igiea in Palermo. A cherished landmark, the villa is testament to a great Italian dynasty, theFlorios, who were widely chronicled in Europe for both their business acumen and social prowess, as the Astors and Vanderbilts were in the U.S., during the Belle Epoque. Designed in neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau styles, Villa Igiea was purchased by the Florios to be used as a health retreat for an ailing daughter. Instead they turned it into a hotel, which would come to be known for a glittering guest list that included kings and emperors and film-world royalty like Roberto Rossellini and Sophia Loren. In 2019, Rocco Forte Hotels purchased the historic property and initiated a multi-year refurbishment overseen by Olga Polizzi, director of design and deputy chairman of RFH.

Regent Seven Seas Cruises has announced that bookings for its 2027 World Cruise, “World of Splendor,” will go on sale on April 10, 2024.

Not long ago, Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in New Jersey was viewed as one of the worst airports to have a layover in. But with the opening of the futuristic 1-million-square-foot Terminal A in January 2023, Newark Airport has had a glow-up—and the travel industry has noticed.

Design forward cottages on the edge of the sand dunes. A restaurant for steamed lobsters next door and other options for dining and entertainment a few minutes’ walk away. That’s what guests will find when The Dunes on the Waterfront reopens in May in completely renovated form in Ogunquit on the south coast of Maine.

Washington, DC, is a city with endless appeal.

All built within the last 150 years, these stunning buildings around the world are monuments that will stand the test of time.

Perched atop the jagged cliffs of Big Sur, the Post Ranch Inn is more than just a luxury retreat—it is a sanctuary where the grandeur of nature embraces the spirit of tranquility. Here, the untamed beauty of the Pacific coastline intertwines with the refined elegance of premier accommodations, creating a retreat that stands as a testament to serenity and comfort. As you wind your way along the coastal highway that leads to this secluded paradise, the rest of the world seems to fall away, leaving behind only the breathtaking vistas of land meeting sea. The Inn itself appears to have grown organically from these cliffs, constructed with a conscious effort to blend seamlessly into the surrounding environment, ensuring that the only thing that stands out is the view.

By nature, posters are largely ephemeral items, meant as not much more than quotidian commercial promotions. But very often, in fact, they rise to superb works of art. How gorgeous are those enormous vintage, and now-pricey, advertisements for Dubonnet aperitif or Pernod absinthe. What stunning hand-drawn illustrations promoted mid-century’s glamorous new ski resorts or the chic and exotic destinations that airlines like Air France or Air India promised.