During a routine house call to a private estate in Camden, Maine, auctioneer Kaja Veilleux made an unexpected discovery in the property’s attic: A 17th-century painting of a young woman wearing a cap ...

The 19th century was an era of both romanticism and rapid change. It was a time when the public's perception of power and beauty was shaped by the masterful brushstrokes of a portrait artist. Yet, as ...

Oprah Winfrey's portrait now hangs in the halls of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. The painting, by artist Shawn Michael Warren, was unveiled in a ceremony this week. As she removed the ...

The most striking moments in Kameron Neal’s 2023 video installation “Down the Barrel (of a Lens)” are freeze-frame shots of people on the street, protesting war, racial inequality and abuses of state ...

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Nearly 125 years after Pablo Picasso painted a portrait of a sculptor friend, high-tech imaging tools have revealed another portrait hidden beneath it. The concealed image reveals a woman, the ...

“Why does he look so angry?” one visitor to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., asked our guide, as if that were a question with an answer. The docent had finally stopped before the ...

For more than 150 years, Supreme Court justices have gathered for a portrait when a new court forms, sitting for dozens of remarkably similar photos that unfurl a history of the judicial branch dating ...

The portrait, then as now, is arresting. The woman, doe-eyed but with a knowing expression, leans against a column with a bouquet of flowers in her hands. Mirrored in front of her is Kim Novak, ...