Although he is known for his ethereal romantic landscapes, many of them are laced with critical statements surrounding heavy historical subjects.

African American church leaders are speaking out over budget cuts being proposed by the Trump White House. The Smithsonian ...

Cold moonlight, golden sunset and shimmering waters are only three reasons to love Turner. On the 250th anniversary of his ...

the Turner Prize, was named after him. He is known for the works The Fighting Temeraire, The Slave Ship, The Battle Of Trafalgar and The Burning Of The Houses Of Lords And Commons, among other ...

Indeed, as Greg Grandin demonstrates in his excellent new book, America, América, US policy toward Latin America has shaped ...

The Alligator’s usual assignment was to patrol the area for American ships engaging in the trans-Atlantic slave trade ... its first ship, carrying 86 settlers, arrived in Sierra Leone, landing ...

I still remember in my art history class when my professor showed us J.M.W. Turner’s “The Slave Ship.” The painting is a brilliant array of colors and teeters on the edge of abstract, but the longer ...

ship masts and house shingles. It became more dangerous for maroons because the canals allowed slave-catchers to get into the swamp. But there were also new economic opportunities. Maroons were ...

“The Agency” is a spy thriller with a brilliant cast that includes Richard Gere (“The Jackal”), Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”), Jodie Turner-Smith (“The Last Ship”) and ...