The strikingly attractive woman in the painting gazes steadily at the viewer, her hair swept over one shoulder, her expression unsmiling but serene. She wears a high-necked, lacy white top—her wedding ...

Commissioned pet portraits have been around for centuries, but now they’re reaching a much wider clientele. Commissioned pet portraits have been around for centuries, but now they’re reaching a much ...

At first glance, Dongnan Chen’s “Whispers in May” doesn’t seem to have much of a narrative. A meditative lyrical observational documentary about a 14-year-old Chinese girl living in the remote ...

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The saint’s visage will harken to that famous depiction, artist Joseph Macklin told the Register. L to R: Sacred artist Joseph Macklin and ‘Portrait of Sir Thomas More’ (detail, 1527), by Hans Holbein ...

The women wear high-collared puffer jackets and billowing sports jerseys, the fabrics richly painted in acid yellow and bubblegum pink. Bathed in cool light against shadowy backdrops, they seem to ...

Discover the art of oil painting with this detailed portrait tutorial. This video covers everything from choosing the right brushes and paints to creating realistic skin tones, textures, and shading.

“Brocken Spectre and Glory: Portrait of Temple Grandin” by David Lenz, oil on canvas, 2022. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired by the Marc Pachter Commissioning Fund and an ...

In a sea of selfies, why not spring for something far more enduring? New York–based artist Claudia Munro Kerr spent her formative years between Scotland and Madrid, where she lived a stone’s throw ...

A Gustav Klimt portrait painting sold Tuesday for $236 million, a record for a modern art piece, at an auction where a solid gold, fully functional toilet satirizing the ultrarich also fetched $12.1 ...

This November, Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will celebrate “Portrait of a Nation,” adding four new works to its collection. This year, the honorees are poet Joy Harjo, academic Temple ...