Culture

A casino night at the <n>Hotel Nacional de Cuba</n> in Havana, 1957.

An abandoned cement factory in Ozzano Monferrato, Italy, built in 1887. Photo by <n>Stefano Perego</n>.

Interior of <n>Palazzo Altemps</n> in Rome. Photo by <n>Paolo Abate</n>.

<n>The Skull Poster</n> by <n>Cavallini & Co.</n>

The <n>Prague Astronomical Clock</n>, created in 1410 by <n>Mikuláš of Kadaň</n> and <n>Jan Šindel</n>. Photo by <n>Godot13</n>.

<n>The Angel</n>, a bronze sculpture by artist <n>Benjamin Victor</n>.

Detail from <n>Pieter Christoffel Wonder</n>'s painting, <n>Portrait of Jan Bleuland</n> (1818-1819).

<n>Anjelica Huston</n> photographed by <n>David Bailey</n> for <n>Vogue UK</n> in 1973.

A <n>Gothic/Victorian-inspired Velvet Cardigan Top</n> by <n>Chiclara</n>.

The cryptoportico at the <n>Royal Palace of Caserta</n> in Italy. Photo by <n>Francesco Lagnese</n>.

<n>The Laughing Heresiarch</n> by <n>Richard A. Kirk</n> for the <n>Dystopian Futures</n> exhibition at <n>Beinart Gallery</n>.

A stone-paved alley in <n>Gion Shirakawa</n>, <n>Kyoto</n>, photographed in 2024.

The <n>Kansuke A20</n> samurai figure by the brand <n>COOMODEL</n>.

The <n>Antiquarium</n> hall in the <n>Residenz Palace</n>, Munich. Photo by <n>Josep Solé Llagostera</n>.

The <n>Grimani Collection</n> of antiquities in the Tribuna of <n>Palazzo Grimani</n>, Venice. Photo by <n>Didier Descouens</n>.

The snow-covered <n>Chōontei Garden</n> at <n>Kennin-ji Temple</n> in Kyoto, Japan, photographed in January 2022.

The <n>Monteverde Angel</n>, a marble sculpture by <n>Giulio Monteverde</n>, 1882. Photo by <n>Tango7174</n>.

A portrait of actress <n>Clara Bow</n> holding a clown mask.

Cover art for <n>Pusha T</n>'s 2015 single <n>Untouchable</n>, designed by <n>Joe Perez</n>.

<n>Stairs of Escher</n> (2020) by photographer <n>Roman Robroek</n>, captured in an abandoned spa in Tskaltubo, Georgia.

<n>Daniel Gran</n>'s fresco "<n>Gloria dell' imperatore Carlo VI</n>" (1723) in Vienna. Photo by <n>Camilla Grisanti</n>.