FEATURES

For a generation of postwar architects in Mexico City, the big question was: Could modern also be Mexican?
By Pedro Reyes. Photographs by Mark Heithoff.

After more than 20 years in Mexico City, Belgian artist Francis Alÿs still finds the city’s historic center a major source of inspiration.
Photographs by Francis Allÿs.

Gustave Flaubert’s trip down the Nile with Maxime Du Camp forever altered both French literature and the nascent art of photography.
By Frederick Brown. Photographs from the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

In search of his family’s roots, a photographer discovers a village culture in Romania of surprising breadth and beauty.
Text and photographs by David Leventi.

A massive coal plant in Germany’s Ruhr Valley is transformed by a coalition of architects into a stunning new culture and design center.
By Arnaldo Farnese. Photographs by Thomas Mayer.

Amid the pleasures of the Jazz Age Riviera, an eccentric American millionaire gave free rein to his fantasies of the past.
By Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni. Photographs by Richard Barnes.

DEPARTMENTS

16 Exhibitions
20 Architecture
22 Performance
24 Books

When it comes to the holidays, the city of Turin forgoes tradition for a more artistic approach.
By Sidra Stich

Two houses in a Midwestern town exemplify the best and worst of the Wild West.
By Christopher Corbett

Amid the many masterpieces at the National Gallery in London, director Charles Saumarez Smith finds a small enchantment.

A quiet Paris suburb proved to be an unlikely incubator for radical new architecture, art, and even music.
By Ian Phillips

A San Francisco chef combines the hearty Basque traditions of his hometown of Biarritz with a fresh California sensibility.
By Christian L. Wright

Whether it’s a good wine gone bad, or one that was unredeemable to begin with, few things are more dispiriting than an undrinkable glass.
By James Mayor

Hidden in a seemingly simple church in a remote mountain village is a masterpiece of Mexican Baroque.
By Christopher Knight

A mid-century oasis in Scottsdale, Arizona, is once again ready for its Hollywood close-up.
By Philip Connors

Each December, mayhem descends on Miami. Here’s how to make the most of Art Basel Miami Beach.
By Arthur Duncan

More on Mexico City, the French Riviera, Egypt, Essen, and Romania.

Artist Paul Davis keeps his ears open and his pen ready.