The colonial victory against the British in the American Revolutionary War was far from a predetermined outcome. In addition ...

France extracted a huge indemnity from Haiti, in exchange for recognition of its independence. This week marked the 200th ...

On April 17, 1825, Charles X, brother to Louis XVIII and the new French king, performed a sudden about-face. Charles X issued ...

Philadelphia Show will showcase 400 years of antiques, art and design fair. Among the items is Edward R. Murrow's signature ...

moved to Paris as a teen with his plantation-owner father and launched his artistic career during the tumultuous years before the French Revolution. Lethière’s talent as a painter of portraits ...

That same year, Ball recited just such a poem on the stage of the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, a nightspot (named for the 18th-century French philosopher and satirist) that he, Emmy Hennings (a ...

When used together, the New York museum’s print catalogue and supplementary website on their 18th-century French works make an excellent initial resource but offer little new information ...

DENVER (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked deportations of immigrants in Colorado who face possible removal under President Donald Trump’s invocation of an 18th century law known as ...

A private collection of 18th century Indigenous artwork from the Eastern Woodlands region long held in a private collection in Scotland can be seen in its entirety by the public for the first time.

If I told you that I visited Notre-Dame de Paris in March of this year and that, while there, I had begun to get this strange ...

It took five years of verification and restoration to prepare the 1607 Caravaggio for auction. It is expected to go for $170 ...

Despite making a brutal mistake by hitting a ball in the water on the 13th hole (video here), McIlroy still put himself in position to win with a par on the 18th. He hit a beautiful drive and then ...