Travel

Dubai’s Debt Blues Drowned Out by Chopin in Abu Dhabi (Update2) Pianist Yundi Li and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis are names not often associated with Abu Dhabi, home to more than 7 percent of the world’s oil supply.

Patti Smith Misbehaves, Queen Loses Head: Great London Weekend Watch the blindfolded Queen of England get ready for execution as the first stop on your London weekend.

Nuremberg Museum Shows Giant-Footed Africans, Constipated Man America doesn’t exist. The people of southern Africa have giant feet that they use to shade themselves from the scorching sun by lying on their backs, legs in the air. The King of Ceylon has the largest ruby ever seen.

Luxury Hotels Lift Rates on Demand for Butlers, Ocean Views Julian Saipe is finally taking his family on the dream vacation he put off amid last year’s recession. Apparently, so are plenty of other people.

Flesh -- Naked, Obese -- Overflows in Freud Paris Show: Review Lucian Freud is not exactly what French arbiters of taste expect from contemporary art. He is unashamedly traditional, stubbornly figurative and realistic to the point of being brutal.

Mystery Faces Intrigue in Show of African Sculpture: Review The wonderful show at the British Museum, “Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures From West Africa,” is a tribute to the expressive qualities of the human face.