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Outrage Over Airbnb’s “Gladiator Experience” in Rome’s Colosseum
Some Italian officials say the private event risks turning the ancient amphitheater into a “Disneyland.”
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Musée d'Orsay Offers Two Guests a Free Night in Its Iconic Clock Room
The lucky winners will get to watch the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games from the Paris museum’s rooftop terrace.
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Here’s Your Chance to Stay for Free at Shrek’s Swamp
Pack your bogs, it’s time for a really iconic swamp-cation.
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For Just $1, You Can Live in a Gaudí Masterpiece for a Night
Casa Vicens was Gaudí's first-ever commission in Barcelona and one of the first buildings of the Art Nouveau movement.
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The Louvre Will Offer Private Tours for Just $34 During Closed Hours
The new program, created in partnership with Airbnb, is designed to attract locals to the museum at times when it's not crowded with tourists.
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Rent One of Claude Monet's French Homes on Airbnb
A three-bedroom and three-bathroom home once owned by Impressionist painter is available for $226 per night.
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Amsterdam Airbnb Host Shoves South African Filmmaker Down Staircase
Sibahle Nkumbi had gone to the Netherlands to write about an exhibition by the artist Zanele Muholi, who posted a video of the attack on Instagram.
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Airbnb’s Two-Faced Relationship with Artists and Art Organizations
As cities and states pass legislation to curtail Airbnb activity, the site's future as a tool for artists and art organizations both large and small remains uncertain.
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Boston Artist Builds "Smallest House in the World," Rents It on Airbnb
By the logic of the tiny house movement, a whimsical architectural response to the housing crisis, tinier is better, right?
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A Sly Airbnb Homage to Marcel Broodthaers
Broodthaers was an artist who developed an inflammatory and unruly practice, playing with notions of expectation and frustrating them.
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Inside van Gogh's Bedroom
CHICAGO — On Monday, February 15, I slept in Vincent van Gogh's bedroom, the room from the Yellow House in Arles that he famously painted in 1888 and 1889.
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Rent a Re-creation of Vincent van Gogh’s Bedroom on Airbnb — Just Don’t Chop Off Your Ear
Now available for rent on Airbnb is a full-size, 3D replica of Vincent van Gogh's famous painting "The Bedroom" (1889), complete with rustic twin bed, pale violet walls, copper-green wood floor, and straw hat on a peg.