126 years ago today the most stylish painter in history was born. She was called Tamara de Lempicka and everything about her life and art embodied the spirit of the 1920s. If you like Art Deco, you'll love Tamara de Lempicka...

Tamara Lempicka, the ‘Queen of Art Deco’, was born #OTD 126 years ago. The iconic paintings of this glamour star are among the most expensive works created by women. She also remains the favourite artist of Jack Nicholson, Barbra Streisand, and Madonna! 📷 #OutstandingPLWomen

Tamara de Lempicka was a renowned bisexual Polish Art Deco painter known for her distinctive, elegant portraits and stylized depictions of the 1920s and 1930s elite, blending modernism with a touch of neoclassicism. And now she has her own musical! 🤖 bi.org/en/articles/f…

In 1872 the first international football match was held at a cricket ground with 4,000 fans. 78 years later, during the 1950 World Cup, nearly 200,000 people watched Brazil play Uruguay at the Maracanã. This is the story of how football stadiums have evolved...

The Buzludzha Monument in Bulgaria is one of the world's strangest buildings. It's a sort of concrete UFO in the mountains which has been totally abandoned since 1989. And it also represents one of the strangest architectural movements in history...

You can learn a lot about history just by looking at the words we use. Like algorithm, which is descended from the name of a 9th century Persian polymath called al-Khwarizmi. So, from romantic to cynical, here are the strange stories behind 12 incredibly normal words...

This is the Chapel del Rosario in Puebla, Mexico. When it was finished 334 years ago they called it the Eighth Wonder of the World. See, people usually associate Baroque Architecture with Europe, but some of the best Baroque is in Latin America...