Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Alphonse Mucha won overnight fame in Belle Époque Paris on New Year’s Day 1895, when one of his sinuous ...

Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) is the most iconic Art Nouveau artist. His works featuring beautiful women surrounded by nature are still popular today.

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days later a young moon will pass near Saturn and near Venus as they cluster ...

an Art Nouveau ornament co-designed by Alphonse Mucha and Georges Fouquet; a 19th-century diamond-and-topaz parure from the Royal House of Württemberg; and a Cartier Japanese Garden Clock ...

The moon will be only 61% illuminated and not quite so dazzling, making this upcoming occultation easy to see and enjoy. During the overnight hours of Feb. 5-6, the moon will pass through the ...

(Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Wednesday is a new moon, the first of 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. However, it also signals the beginning of Chinese Lunar ...

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But some scientists believe only ice – thought to be preserved deep in craters on the moon’s far side – could potentially support future lunar missions as a water source for astronauts. And ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

PRAGUE: A new Prague museum dedicated to the Czech Art Nouveau painter Alfons Mucha will offer “art for everyone” when it opens this month, ultimately housing his giant Slav Epic masterpiece ...

A visitor looks at artworks by Czech artist Alphonse Mucha displayed during a press preview of the new Mucha Museum in Prague, Czechia, Jan. 3, 2025. (EPA Photo) The museum in the Baroque Savarin ...