In collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, the Monnaie de Paris is staging a sweeping retrospective of French artist Georges ...

The poet, the opera, and the Terror: when art dares to confront the violence of power. How one artist portrays the French ...

France celebrates Bastille Day on Monday with parades, fireworks, and festivities nationwide. The holiday marks the 1789 ...

Samuel Melcher Strite was born on June 2, 1866, in Leitersburg, and went on to become known as the "Hero of Manila." ...

Lauren Sánchez’s accessory made headlines around the world – a couture clutch that looked like a coffee cup, Balenciaga’s ...

For her appearance at Balenciaga's show, Lauren Sanchez donned an all-black ensemble. However, it was her takeaway coffee mug ...

Feeding the image of a solitary drudge concerned only with work, he painted the Latin motto “Nulla dies sine linea” (“No day without [writing] a line”) over his fireplace.Henry James, who knew the man ...

A lost 1913 watercolor by Man Ray has resurfaced in an attic, offering insight into the modernist’s early transformation.

A notable achievement by a Brooklyn Bridegrooms star in the 19th Century remained unmatched until the Royals star did it ...

When Hector Guimard's subway designs were unveiled in the early 1900s, the public rejected his Art Nouveau style. Soon, a new ...

After contracting an ear infection and developing acute meningitis, Oscar Wilde died penniless in Paris. Despite only writing ...