London art enthusiasts are in for a treat as the Courtauld Gallery prepares to unveil two previously unseen paintings by ...

Lanvin, the world’s oldest continually operating couture house, founded in 1889, has unveiled a new chapter in its storied history with Peter Copping’s debut as artistic director ...

Most states haven't modernized their constitutions to reflect the rise of women in politics. Among those that have are New ...

Demons Emerge from a Large, Wooden Chest is a gorgeous woodblock print by Kawanable Kyōsai. The print was made in 1890. It's ...

Boxes of Nike sneakers by the railroad tracks might make a strange sight in rural Arizona. But they're a telltale sign of a ...

It therefore seemed appropriate to reframe it in the style which the doctor had used. Van Gogh’s Mountains at Saint-Rémy (July 1889) Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (Thannhauser ...

A museum curator with a ladder showed that birds that build cavity-style nests are able to protect their eggs with the skin shed by snakes. By Kate Golembiewski In 1889, the naturalist Allan ...

Pizza, the delicious oven baked flat bread topped with melted cheese and other yummy ingredients is first described in ancient Greek texts.

From Chinn Ho to David Murdock, here are the men and occasional women selected as the year’s most influential leaders.

But this statement of national pride can be traced as far back as 1889, when, according to the ... and her resourceful style choice was meant to be a meaningful nod to his accomplishments.

1889: Founder Fusajiro Yamauchi starts manufacturing Japanese playing cards called "hanafuda" in Kyoto. Western-style cards follow years later. 1962: Listed on the Osaka and Kyoto stock exchanges.