Portraiture
Ten-Billion-Pixel Image Shows Every Inch of Vermeer's 'Girl With a Pearl Earring'
A new tool from the Mauritshuis offers viewers a close-up look at every fine crack and brushstroke
Petite Portrait of Henry III, King Who Challenged Sexual Norms in 16th-Century France, Discovered
Art dealer Philip Mould purchased the miniature "sight unseen" during lockdown. Now, he's offering it to the Louvre Museum in Paris
A Scholar Takes a Deep Dive Into a Painted Homage to Abraham Lincoln
U.S. artist George Peter Alexander Healy’s presidential portraiture, conceived years after the sitter passed away
Why Robert McCurdy's Photo-Realist Portraits Stop Viewers in Their Tracks
The key to these singular portraits of influential leaders of our time rests in the gaze and the exacting details of the clothing
Stunning Paintings of Fictitious Black Figures Subvert Traditional Portraiture
Riffing on the genre's long history, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's innovative works raise questions about black identity and representation
How History Records the Peculiar Role of America’s First Ladies
A new exhibition, "Every Eye is Upon Me," pays tribute to the ever-changing role of the women who hold this unelected office
Spotlighting 500 Years of Women in British Art, From Tudor Portraitists to the Bloomsbury Group
A new show at London's Philip Mould & Company features works by Levina Teerlinc, Vanessa Bell and Clara Birnberg
The Original Selfie Craze Was the Mirror
Today’s social media obsession has its roots in the development centuries ago of the reflective material
Why Photographer Cindy Sherman Is Still the Queen of Reinvention
A retrospective at Fondation Louis Vuitton highlights the artist's manipulation of femininity and identity
Calling All Portrait Artists
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is seeking submissions now through Jan. 29, 2021, to its triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
Why Elaine de Kooning's Portrait of JFK Broke All the Rules
After the assassination, the grief-stricken artist painted the president’s image obsessively; finally saying she caught only "a glimpse" of him
Portrait Project Memorializes Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
A new exhibition available to view online features 94 photographs, as well as original artwork
The Women Writers Who Shaped 20th-Century American Literature
A new show at the National Portrait Gallery spotlights 24 authors, including Lorraine Hansberry, Sandra Cisneros and Maxine Hong Kingston
Nation Mourns Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Who Broke Barriers and Became a Feminist Icon
The Supreme Court justice, who died at 87, "inspired women to believe in themselves," says the Smithsonian's Kim Sajet
See 12 Stunning Portraits of World War II Veterans
Photographer Zach Coco has spent the past five years documenting more than 100 men and women's stories
Buckingham Palace's Art Collection to Be Exhibited in Public Gallery for First Time
The 65 works set to go on view include masterpieces by Rembrandt, Vermeer and Titian
Peer Into the Past With Photorealistic Portraits of Roman Emperors
Artist Daniel Voshart used machine learning and editing software to create likenesses of 54 ancient leaders
3-D Facial Reconstruction Suggests Raphael Self-Portrait Presents Idealized Version of the Artist
The new model reveals the Renaissance giant's prominent nose
Nursing Home Residents Recreate Iconic Album Covers During Lockdown
Seniors in the U.K. staged photoshoots inspired by Elvis Presley, Madonna, David Bowie and other musicians
Newly Discovered Portrait May Be Oldest Known Image of Māori Person
The photo depicts Hemi Pomara, who was kidnapped and "exhibited" by British colonialists in London during the 1840s
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