As Austrian tourist officials invite the world to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birthday of this early modernist, some of his most spectacular portraits and landscapes are missing from the walls of Austrian museums.
Paulina Porizkova | Posted 05.24.2012
The after-party was filled by the most stunning costumes and getups I had ever seen assembled in the same space: truly spectacular, like a tropical hothouse of the wildest, brightest carnivorous plants. We stayed all night, and stumbled out only in time for breakfast.
The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.24.2012
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Gustav Klimt's birthday, and museums around the world are celebrating the Austrian Secessionist's work. You c...
Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.18.2012
This was one of Mahler's favorite locales. He often came to dine straight from the opera, still in coat and tails. Guests mistook him for a waiter.
Dane Steele Green | Posted 05.02.2012
Each year the Life Ball begins with an extravagant opening ceremony in the main square of Vienna City Hall, which can accommodate 45,000 people.
AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 04.10.2012
VIENNA (AP) — The number of people claiming they were injected with the parasite causing malaria at a Vienna psychiatric ward while teenagers grew t...
AP | Posted 02.02.2012
VIENNA -- Officials say they have stopped investigating a man after finding no evidence that his sales of wine and schnapps with Adolf Hitler on the l...
AP | By GEORGE JAHN | Posted 12.30.2011
VIENNA -- Andy Warhol stopped by for a cup of his coffee. So did princes, paupers, playwrights, poets and untold thousands for whom a visit to Vienna ...
Vivian Norris | Posted 02.11.2012
The United States, and in fact, the rest of the world, especially the fear-driven crisis-mongering media and markets, could learn a few things by slowing down, realizing it takes time to build healthy economies, especially such a new one as the European Union.
Posted 02.04.2012
HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a biweekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the tradit...
Posted 11.17.2011
Passengers on a Comtel Air charter flight from Amritsar, India to Birmingham, England had to pony up roughly $31,500 for fuel during a stopover in Vie...
24/7 Wall St. | Michael B. Sauter | Posted 12.18.2011
From 24/7 Wall St.: Six American cities are among the most innovative in the world, according to a report published Monday by 2ThinkNow, an innovation...
JustLuxe | Posted 12.11.2011
In honor of school days, we've created a virtual field trip to four European cities that offer four distinctive perspectives on the humanities.
AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 10.25.2011
VIENNA, Austria — An 80-year-old man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexually abusing his two mentally disabled daughters for 41 years, an...
Posted 08.26.2011
VIENNA - Billionaire investor George Soros thinks a country will eventually exit the euro zone and urged policymakers on Sunday to come up with a ...
Posted 08.09.2011
VIENNA (Alex Lawler and Barbara Lewis) - Economics, rather than politics was behind the collapse of this week's OPEC talks and the group as a whol...
AOL Weird News | Ben Muessig | Posted 11.16.2011
When you gotta go, you gotta go -- fast! Speed demons in Austria have given new meaning to the term "portable toilet" by adding wheels to commodes ...
AP | Posted 07.25.2011
VIENNA -- Austrian authorities have filed incitement charges against a right-wing politician for commissioning a video game that required players to t...
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.23.2011
While the International Energy Agency is warning oil producing countries to increase output to safeguard the fragile global economic recovery, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has just declared himself to be that countries OPEC representative.
AP | By GEORGE JAHN | Posted 06.22.2011
VIENNA -- A man turning dirt in his back yard stumbled onto buried treasure – hundreds of pieces of centuries-old jewelry and other precious obj...
Online Colleges | Posted 06.14.2011
Some of the most famous novels and literary moments of all time were written and inspired by cafes in Europe. From the American ex-pat writers in Pari...
Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.25.2011
This edition is all about the new -- the new stores making their New York City or even U.S. debuts, to help you reinvent yourself for the season that starts next week.
ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011
VIENNA-- Egon Schiele, of course, is famous for his portraits. His landscapes and his cityscapes are admired by museums and collectors, but it is the ...
Posted 05.25.2011
Karima el-Mahrough isn't letting the ongoing media frenzy over her alleged involvement with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi get her down. Better k...
Posted 05.25.2011
Based on a combination of environment, health care, culture and infrastructure, Vancouver topped the list of the world's most liveable cities for the ...
Anne-Marie O'Connor | Posted 05.31.2012