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Fauci and Williams Sisters Honored in New Portraits Headed to DC

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie November 1, 2022November 2, 2022

The National Portrait Gallery has revealed its newest commissions, including works by David Hockney, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and Robert Pruitt.

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Luke Gilford’s Tender Photographs of Gay Rodeos

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie August 8, 2022August 9, 2022

The Los Angeles-based photographer offers an updated version of the mythologized American cowboy, calling rodeos “the traditional drag of America.”

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Kojo Marfo’s Portraits Depict the Cracks in Polite Society

Avatar photo by Taylor Michael May 26, 2022May 27, 2022

The artist’s style blends aesthetic and cultural elements from Ghana, London, and New York’s graffiti scenes.

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The Silence of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

by Michael Glover January 2, 2021January 4, 2021

Looking at Yiadom-Boakye’s portraits is an act of slow discovery, the unveiling of a mystery.

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A Powerful Debut

by John Yau August 22, 2020November 5, 2020

As a young Asian American painter, Susan Chen knows what she is up against and is consciously pushing back.

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David Hockney’s Life in Drawing

by Michael Glover March 14, 2020March 13, 2020

The history of Hockney and his lifelong life-drawing itch, pursued now over seven decades.

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The Beauty and Anxiety of Seeing Myself, and My Partner, in a Portrait

Avatar photo by Adam Milner April 4, 2018January 7, 2021

I forget if we asked Danny Ferrell to paint us or if it was his idea, but I was surprised to feel so much when I saw the painting for the first time at an art fair.

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Six Rare Portraits of Jane Austen Go on View

Avatar photo by Allison Meier May 3, 2017

A rare 1869 watercolor of Jane Austen will join five other portraits, including the only portrayal of the novelist known to have been made during her lifetime.

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Splicing Together Portraits of Countries’ Leaders

by Claire Voon December 15, 2016December 15, 2016

The artist Guney Soykan’s Face of a Nation series consists of striking and unusual timelines of countries’ political leadership over the past half-century.

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A New Online Trove Brings Historical Silhouettes to Light

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 10, 2016September 10, 2016

The popularity of silhouettes in the 18th and 19th centuries wasn’t only due to them being an affordable form of portraiture before the era of photography, the art also fit with popular pseudosciences like phrenology.

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The Flattering Tricks of 19th-Century Portraiture

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney May 11, 2016May 10, 2016

For the wealthy 19th-century elite, a portrait rendered by a respected artist was a signifier of status — an oversized and ostentatious calling card.

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The Frick Scores a Trove of 450 Historical Medals

Avatar photo by Allison Meier May 2, 2016May 2, 2016

The Frick Collection is adding an impressive cache of metal portraits to its collections.

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