On Aug. 21, 1789, just a month after the storming of the Bastille that launched the French Revolution, France’s new governing ...

On Thursday, the lower house of parliament voted to wipe it from French law. The National Assembly voted 254-0 — a rare show ...

Graham Robb writes history on two wheels and in four dimensions. Almost 30,000 miles of “gentle cycling for weeks on end” have fed his delightfully off-center books about the French past and the ...

A “counter-monument” unveiled last week in the city of Nancy invites viewers to reflect on a dark chapter in French history and acknowledge traumas that have long been silenced. Bringing a fresh ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Amelie Serafon at the Westervelt Collection at the Allis Art Museum From Solomon Juneau to Jean Nicolet, there are many French names we recognize in Milwaukee. Anne Leplae and Mary Emory of the ...

The first French Open, then called the French Championships, was held in 1891. For the first 34 years of the tournament’s existence it was open only to French club players. In 1925, the Championships ...

Installation view of ‘Louis Style: French Frames, 1610–1792’ (courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles) Walk into a gallery of 17th- or 18th-century French paintings and prepare to be blinded by the ...