(A Little Bit) Hidden Paris: The Spaces of Le Corbusier
One of the best things about returning to Paris this spring for the first time since 2019 was experiencing long-anticipated […]
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Just Look! A Wondrous Week with Caravaggio in Rome
“Just look! It’s right there in the painting.” This exhortation from our guide Sara Magister seemed so intuitive, so easy.
On the Trail of Caravaggio
How far would you go to save a painting? One of the people we’ll meet on our upcoming trip The
Around the World in 80 Drinks
OK, we don’t quite have 80 drinks to recommend to you here. But spend enough time on the road with
Life Writ Large: Guillaume Apollinaire
There will be no shortage of forceful personalities on the Classical Pursuits trip They Came to Paris: Literature 1910–1940. The
“I Paint Because I Am”
I first met van Gogh when I was a 14-year-old bookworm devoted to exploring the richness of the local public
The Splendour of Russia Through an Artist’s Eyes
One heavy step, then another. Straps across their chests, they pull. It’s Russia, 1869. In Repin’s Barge Haulers on the
Southern Exposure: Reading Flannery O’Connor in Savannah
The 2019 Travel Pursuits season opens with one of our most popular trips, Mystery and Manners: Flannery O’Connor in Savannah.
Everything’s Coming Up van Gogh
For those of you who, like me, read everything on Vincent van Gogh you can get your hands and eyes
On Food and Friendship: Anthony Bourdain Tribute, Part 2
[Editor’s note: This is the second in a series on the role food has played on Classical Pursuits trips as
