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Opening at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, next year, The Stars We Do Not See will include highlights that are "globally recognised as undisputed masterpieces." Does the Venice Biennale ...
Opening at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, next year, The Stars We Do Not See will include highlights that are "globally recognised as undisputed masterpieces." Does the Venice Biennale ...
London's National Portrait Gallery has revealed three exceptional finalists for its Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait ...
A Kunstmuseum spokesperson told The Art Newspaper that it is taking the attribution claim “very seriously”. The museum's Self-portrait was bequeathed to the museum in 1945. The Basel painting ...
A painting once hailed as Paul Gauguin’s final self-portrait is now under renewed scrutiny after an amateur art sleuth raised doubts about its authenticity—sparking a fresh scientific ...
Historically, the paintings were used as a show of power. The earliest example in the royal collection is the state portrait of James I of England, James VI of Scotland, from 1620.
but his portrait looks like he’s in hell,” per one user, while another referred to the painting as a “blood bath.” The new coronation portrait of King Charles III features the monarch in ...
Now in its 104th year, the Archibald Prize for portrait painting attracted 904 entries this year, narrowed down to 57 finalists selected by the AGNSW’s board of trustees. Finalists featured three ...
The name also conjures memories of one of the most distinctive of all papal canvases, Raphael’s 1518-20 group portrait of Pope ... politics and 500 years of art history. Raphael's Pope Leo ...
“Portrait painting wasn’t taken seriously in the 1990s as it is today. I have always regarded the Archibald Prize as a place that understood the value of portraiture.” Fragar and Williams ...