The selfie is a smartphone-produced version of the self-portrait, which has been a staple of art and photography history since artists first began seeing examining their own images in the mirror. In ...

This week, a historically significant and previously unaccounted for self-portrait of the pioneering 18th-century artist Adélaïde Labille-Guiard turned up in a sale at Tajan auction house, in Paris.

Face to Face: Portraits of Self and Others presents a stunning array of photographic portraits primarily drawn from the museum’s permanent collection. The exhibition highlights the versatility of ...

What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bites brings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art ...

When thinking of fashion trends, coffins don't necessarily spring to mind. But the burial boxes, or sarcophagi, of Roman Egypt show that even the sombre world of death is susceptible to fads. After ...

Gilbert Stuart tartly maintained that “no one would paint history who could do a portrait,” but as the chief depicter of George Washington, he showed that to paint portraits is often to paint great ...