An exhibition at London’s V&A Museum showcases the final queen of France’s unique and important patronage of the arts.

On New Year’s Day in 1772, peace in Europe depended on whether a princess would lower herself to speak to a courtesan. The princess was Marie Antoinette, and the courtesan was Madame du Barry, who had ...

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Dana Thomas Before she was sent to the guillotine in 1793, 37-year-old Marie Antoinette couldn’t have imagined that more than ...

Opening Shot: After an opening description that sets us ten years into the reign of Louis XVI (Louis Cunningham) and Marie Antoinette (Emilia Schüle), we cut to a horse-drawn carriage running through ...

Marie Antoinette died over 230 years ago. But in the modern day, the teen queen’s presence remains widely felt. A-listers from Kylie Jenner to Miley Cyrus have embodied her likeness for fashion ...