Villa Beau-Chêne, the 12-bedroom Parisian mansion where dancer and activist Josephine Baker made her home in the 1930s and ’40s, is on the market for €20.84 million (US$24.45 million). Baker, the ...

Hemingway called her “the most sensational woman anybody ever saw.” If you read any well-informed account of the life of le tout Paris between the wars, you’ll almost certainly run across her name.

Where does an artist who sculpts history’s most prominent women start? “The heart is where I begin,” says Loveland sculptor Jane DeDecker. “Sometimes I'll even layer that area so that you can kind of ...

Alice Fennelly grew up in Loveland, surrounded by the Rocky Mountains and bronze sculptures. Now, living in a suburb of Paris, she was inspired by the life story of Joséphine Baker — a woman filled ...

While all pop culture eyes are on the life of a certain showgirl this week — Swift, Taylor — the French mansion of a legendary showgirl from another time is hitting the market. Villa Beau-Chêne, a ...

Villa Beau-Chêne, the 12-bedroom Parisian mansion where Josephine Baker made her home in the 1930s and ’40s, is on the market for €20.84 million (US$24.45 million). Located in Le Vésinet, about 10 ...

Before Beyonce, there was Josephine. Before Diana, there was Josephine. Before Madonna, Mariah, Celine or Selena, there was Josephine. Before Shakira, Lady Gaga, Billy Eilish, Taylor Swift – and so on ...

ST. LOUIS — "We're proud to announce that the world's largest privately held collection of Josephine Baker artifacts is coming into the collection at the Missouri Historical Society," Peter Kastor, ...

ST. LOUIS – It was announced Wednesday that memorabilia of the world-renowned and St. Louis native Josephine Baker will be preserved right in her home city. According to officials, collections of ...

Items among Mary Strauss' bequest to the Missouri History Museum include hair care product and a costume worn by Josephine Baker. For 40 years, Mary Strauss has painstakingly acquired items related to ...

A private collection of Josephine Baker memorabilia is going to the Missouri Historical Society, thanks to a charitable bequest by philanthropist Mary Strauss announced Aug. 13, 2025. Baker, born ...

A bright mural of Josephine Baker, the Jazz Age entertainer and civil rights activist, now peers over Paris, the city she made her home. The mural comes from urban artist Franck Duval, known as FKDL, ...