“It’s not love, or tenderness, or affection, it’s life itself, my life, that I found when I saw it in your hands,” wrote Frida Kahlo to Diego Rivera, in one of the many missives the couple shared over ...

Luca Del Baldo, ”Arthur C. Danto” (2010), oil on Belgian linen, 40 x 30 cm (all images courtesy of the artist) The title of the project is The Visionary Academy of Ocular Mentality. You could say that ...

No, reader, this is not a centuries-old painting of a shotgun wedding. Despite appearances, the woman in green is not believed to be pregnant. Art historians, in truth, have not come to many ...

After a dramatic new portrait of King Charles III caused a stir around the world earlier this week, many art experts are weighing in with their opinions about the painting. The bold portrait, painted ...

Much of the permanent collection at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery reflects the long-venerated portraiture ...

An cropped version of Oprah Winfrey's portrait now on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., painted by Shawn Michael Warren. Under the oak trees of her Montecito, California ...

Credit: “Down the Barrel (of a Lens)” by Kameron Neal, 2023. Film still of two-channel video installation with sound. Duration 25:25 min. Courtesy of the artist ...

Selected Artworks Will Be Exhibited in Major Exhibition and Tour madison-hayes The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced an open call from Oct. 2 through Jan. 26, 2024, for submissions ...

Vincent van Gogh, "Portrait of the Artist" (1887) (photo by Adrien Didierjean; all images courtesy National Museum Cardiff) Some artists struggle with imposter syndrome, others with self-obsession, ...

Kameron Neal Receives $25,000 and New Commission as First-Prize Winner of the National Triennial Gabrielle Obusek The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced Brooklyn-based artist ...