Archaeologists in Italy Unearth Marble Bust of Rome’s First Emperor, Augustus
Researchers identified the sculpture based on the ancient ruler’s signature hairstyle and facial features
Sweeping Survey Unites Works by 100 Women Artists of the Past Century
An ongoing exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, features 200 paintings, sculptures, ceramics and more
How an Art Exhibition in Breonna Taylor’s Hometown Honors Her Life and Impact
The Louisville show is organized around three overarching themes proposed by Taylor’s mother: promise, witness and remembrance
These Out-of-Focus Paintings Put a Contemporary Spin on Traditional Portraiture
A new exhibition in London showcases the Miaz Brothers’ radical subversion of Old Master classics
Newly Discovered Gainsborough Portrait Reveals Likeness of Overlooked Composer
The acclaimed British artist’s painting of Czech musician Antonín Kammel may be worth upward of $1.3 million
The Thorny Politics of Presidential Portraiture
In a new podcast, the National Portrait Gallery reveals that a portrait is being commissioned of the former president
Kamala Harris Portrait Draws Inspiration From the Glass Ceiling She Shattered
Artist Simon Berger created the unconventional likeness of the vice president in just one day
Forgotten 20th-Century Photography Studio Found in New York Attic
The sealed-off space contained original portraits of suffragists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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
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