This plain suit would have created a stark contrast between Franklin and those in the elaborate dress typical of the opulent French Court, and Franklin crafted his appearance knowing that it was a ...

Here’s why this photograph, with its sensation of psychological disconnection, works – and the compact Leica gear behind it ...

The Franklin College Art Department will host a senior art exhibition from April 21 to May 2. The exhibit will be held in the Elba L. & Gene Portteus Branigin Atrium in the Johnson Center for Fine ...

Julia will lead on global editorial strategy, with specific oversight over UK, EMEA and Australia, while also being responsible for The Art Newspaper’s print and digital publications.

Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to ...

A beautiful oil on canvas portrait of a Japanese girl by David Burliuk (Ukrainian/American, 1882-1967) – part of a fresh-to-market, never before offered collection of works by Burliuk – sold for ...

American Made is on view from October 17, 2024 to February 20, 2025, and features over 80 paintings and sculptures.

Meet Benjamin Button. No, it’s not a Brad Pitt movie, it’s a camera that you clip on your kid to record their every precious adventure. Is that even something you want to do? Well, the ...

This portrait, commissioned by Lay’s friend Benjamin Franklin, shows him with a book. Benjamin Lay by William Williams, Sr. (1750-1758) / National Portrait Gallery, Si; Binoculars: Michele ...

Harvard’s President Is Fighting Trump. He Also Agrees With Him. Alan Garber became a hero to liberals after Harvard resisted the government. He is also trying to remake campus culture in ways ...

Of course Benjamin Franklin wrote his own epitaph. At age 22 in 1728, his dark humor stronger than his sense of history, he penned the tomb inscription that would eventually appear at his grave site. ...