The Washington Post brings us an interesting story about a portait that was donated to the Library of Congress. As far as portraits from the Civil War go, this one is quite famous. It shows a ...

Greek mythology has been reflected in paintings and hundreds of vivid works that have come to be considered masterpieces.

People of status always dominated in portraits, not only because of their elevated social rank but also because it cost a ...

British artist David Hockney’s famous painting “Portrait of an Artist [Pool with Two Figures]” was sold for $90 million at Christie’s on Thursday night, shattering the record for work by a living ...

Andy Warhol fact portrait in “Artists, Writers, Thinkers, Dreamers” (all images by James Gulliver Hancock, courtesy Chronicle Books) Did you know that the Chupa Chups lollipop logo was designed by ...

Photographer Mark Seliger is giving the public access to some of his most well-known celebrity portraits to aid coronavirus relief efforts. The photographer has teamed with Christie’s and Red Carpet ...

The FB group “Quearteencasa” invites everyone to join the real-life painting recreation challenge. And some of the entries ...

Major General Alastair Bruce holds many roles, including Governor of Edinburgh Castle, enabling him to serve Queen and country Major General Alastair Bruce is among Queen Elizabeth's most trusted ...

Ninety-six-year-old Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in English history, and by quite a stretch. She surpassed the previous record, set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria ...

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where art historian Elizabeth Block works, there’s always a crowd near John Singer Sargent’s Madame X (1884). Everyone wants to spy that black slinky dress, and ...

What would the "Mona Lisa" subject be like if she were a Gen-Z influencer? What about Salvador Dalí, if he were an urban photographer who wore skinny jeans and hoodies? An artist known as ...

Thieves stole a famous Winston Churchill portrait from an Ottawa hotel in late 2021. The 1941 portrait was replaced with a forgery and went unnoticed for over 6 months. Police recovered the portrait ...