The style officially burst into the international spotlight in 1925 with the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes. (Hence “art deco.”) Organized by the French ...

Historically, Art Deco, which is short for arts décoratifs, started in France in the early 1900s. “But it really flourished in America in the ’20s and ’30s,” Moon explains.

Art Deco is enjoying a resurgence in decor, fashion and more. A new generation is appreciating the style’s unapologetically glamorous roots and translating it into something new.

Art Deco may be hard to define, but you know it when you see it. Its architecture is at once angular—associated with shapes such as chevrons and triangles—and arcs.

Exhibitions worldwide will commemorate the centennial of Art Deco on Monday — exactly 100 years to the day since the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts ...

Spotlights illuminate the night sky during the Orinda Theatre 75th anniversary gala celebration in Orinda, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. The 800-seat art deco theater was built between 1937 ...

Here’s Why Furio Rinaldi, co-curator of the De Young's major retrospective, explains what has made Lempicka's art last. Tamara de Lempicka, Sainte Thérèse d’Avila, 1930.

An exhibit of original works by art deco icon Erté will include almost 170 items as well as other period pieces that characterized the movement of style and design. "Erté and the Era of Art Deco ...

A 1936 poster, designed by Gert Sellheim, one of 58 pieces displayed in “Art Deco: Commercializing the Avant-Garde,” opening Sept. 28 at Poster House in Manhattan.

Art deco buildings don't just dot the downtown skyline; they're dispersed around metro Detroit, too. When it comes to art deco architecture in Detroit, everyone knows the Fisher Building, the ...

Automotive journalist John Gunnell compares the styling of the '41-47 Chevrolet 1/2-ton pickup to the substantial Art Deco-influenced Wurlitzer jukebox of this era. A stock '46 Chevy grille wears ...