Portrait

A stunning, intimate portrait by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens is set to make waves at auction this week.
A collaboration with the Richmond Symphony's "Comfort and Joy!" – the Beethoven Summer Series, this video explores connections between the composer and Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun's "Portrait of…
As protests surrounding the death of George Floyd have erupted across the US and around the world, artists have joined their voices in the call to honor his life, put an end to systemic racism, and…
A celebrated painter in her own time, Thérèse Schwartze later fell into obscurity. Now she is being rediscovered.
For more than four decades, photographer Dawoud Bey has documented life in America through his poignant images of marginalized communities.
Anna Ancher was one of the central Danish artists active around 1900.
Widely considered to be one of the most important figurative painters working today, Yiadom-Boakye is celebrated for her enigmatic oil paintings of human subjects who are entirely imagined by the…
Cradled in the palm of the hand or worn close to the heart, portrait miniatures were never intended for public consumption, but rather, functioned as personal tokens of affection, love, or memorial.