The critic John Ruskin, the first owner of Slave Ship, wrote, “If I were reduced to rest Turner’s immortality upon any single work, I should choose this.” With Typhoon coming on ...

Britain’s commander of the churning waves was also a painter of technology and industry. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston shows how he reshaped an art form. By Jason Farago BOSTON — Driving ...

The original Turner painting belongs to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The artist was inspired by the true story of the slave ship Zong, where crew members would cruelly throw sick and dying ...

In 1840, at the age of 64, Turner painted Slave Ship, which received nothing but condemnation from the critics. Not only did they hate the loose brushwork and violent palette but found the scene’s ...

In this March 2, 2015 file photo, Rachel Dolezal, president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, poses for a photo in her Spokane, Washington home. Dolezal is facing questions about whether she ...

An indie film inspired by JMW Turner’s haunting, horrifying painting ‘The Slave Ship’, the project is ... The second half does eventually come closer to tying the various bits of the play ...