The woman long blamed for her role in the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521 is getting a modern makeover. The Spanish called ...

An art historian says he has identified the long-mysterious sitter in "Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Johannes Vermeer.

In it, it was disclosed that the artist who painted the iconic opus in 1665, Johannes Vermeer, almost exclusively worked for ...

Art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon argues that the girl was 'likely' to have been the daughter of Pieter van Ruijven and Maria ...

The middle value of all realized prices for an artist's works sold at auction during a given period, providing a clearer representation of typical market values by minimizing the influence of extreme ...

Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit President Donald Trump brought after the video site suspended his account following the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks on the Capitol ...

One of the perks of traveling and sight-seeing—or of eating out in a big city or a food festival—is the opportunity to try dishes from countries and cultures far outside your own. Of course, some ...

Vermeer’s The Art of Painting (1666-68), now a highlight of Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, has long been regarded as his masterpiece. The artist retained the picture for the last years of his life ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

President Donald Trump on Saturday falsely claimed FBI agents were among instigators during protests at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, despite an earlier probe finding no federal agents were undercover ...

President Donald Trump on Saturday falsely accused the FBI of fomenting the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol — a sharp escalation of his attacks on the bureau and his effort to downplay the ...

If Johannes wasn't such a talented racehorse, he could trade on his looks in the show ring. "We love Johannes—he's such a pretty boy," said Debby McCloskey, who bred and owns Johannes with her husband ...