For New Mexico-based artist Frank Blazquez, portraiture was the way out of a crippling opiate addiction.
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The Calligraphic Character of Holbein’s Portraits
An exhibition at the Getty unleashes the dynamic character of Holbein’s portraits in ways I’ve never seen before.
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Caught in the Embrace of Shizu Saldamando’s Portraits
Saldamando portrays people isolated at home, waiting out a public health crisis.
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Self-Portrait as Future
When looking at images from the golden age of Sudanese photography, I was reminded to listen as much as look.
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Looking at Kehinde Wiley and Thomas Gainsborough Side by Side
It is perhaps no surprise that Wiley’s oeuvre is a favorite among curators seeking to inject new relevance into their collection of European masters.
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rafa esparza’s Lovingly Collaborative Portraits of Artists and Friends
rafa esparaza’s paintings insist upon the rightful presence of brown, Black, and queer bodies in the white cube of the gallery.
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Six Black Artists Test the Limits of Portraiture
“The Black Index” at UC Irvine pursues knottier narratives of self-representation.
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Who Should Create Trump’s Doomed Presidential Portrait?
Hyperallergic has a few suggestions.
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Painting a Portrait Is “Like Falling in Love,” Says Jiab Prachakul
Prachakul paints friends and acquaintances who, like the artist, are part of the Asian diaspora.
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Some Thoughts About England’s Obsession With Portraits
With the possible exception of Howard Hodgkin, not a single English abstract artist has attained anything comparable to the status achieved by Lucien Freud or David Hockney.
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How Scientists Use and Abuse Portraiture
Many scientific studies assume that the features of painted faces are the facts of the flesh-and-blood countenances to which they refer. This assumption is not only false; it is preposterous.
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How Do You Paint Portraiture Without a Portrait?
By negating the figure, Amir H. Fallah expands the limits of portraiture to make space for multiple interpretations.