The 18th-century painting by Charles Willson Peale had previously been the subject of mismanaged restoration attempts. Now, experts in Versailles are bringing it back in line with the artist's origina ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...

John Bauer was a Swedish artist, though born in Germany in 1882. When he was thirteen years old, his father’s charcuterie ...

For a strong dose of Canadian history and some of the best seafood you'll ever taste, head to this unique town that offers a ...

Bengali textile workers were not enslaved as ancillary to men or as commodities of pleasure alone. They were enslaved and ...

Across culture, entertainment, and art, the '80s subculture known for its all-black trappings ... At Couture Fashion Week this January, designers embraced their dark sides, too, channeling ...

But Pevkur doesn’t buy it, blaming Russia’s sanctions-busting ships, a so-called “shadow ... Tromp – Baltic Sentry’s state of the art flagship – the mission commander told CNN it ...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presents "Picturing Nature," featuring 70 British landscape watercolors and drawings from ...

Hans Grundberg, the United Nations special envoy for Yemen, welcomed the “heartwarming” reports that the Houthis had “put an end to the arbitrary detention” of the ship’s crew for 14 months.

Touted as the next heir to the cultural capitals of Russia alongside Moscow and St Petersburg is Perm, where a cultural revival highlighting edgy contemporary art is taking place. The new avant garde ...