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An Artist’s Opiate Addiction Recovery Through Photography

by Samantha Anne Carrillo June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

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

by Bronwen Wilson January 7, 2022January 11, 2022

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

by Sarah Rose Sharp December 5, 2021December 3, 2021

Saldamando portrays people isolated at home, waiting out a public health crisis.

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Self-Portrait as Future

by Omnia Saed November 30, 2021November 30, 2021

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

by Caroline Ellen Liou October 10, 2021October 11, 2021

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

by Daniel Soto April 7, 2021April 15, 2021

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

by Allison Conner February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

“The Black Index” at UC Irvine pursues knottier narratives of self-representation.

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Who Should Create Trump’s Doomed Presidential Portrait?

by Hakim Bishara, Valentina Di Liscia and Hrag Vartanian February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

Hyperallergic has a few suggestions.

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Painting a Portrait Is “Like Falling in Love,” Says Jiab Prachakul

by Clayton Schuster January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

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

by John Yau January 9, 2021January 9, 2021

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

by Yael Rice and Sonja Drimmer December 11, 2020November 1, 2021

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 Caroline Ellen Liou October 14, 2020November 5, 2020

By negating the figure, Amir H. Fallah expands the limits of portraiture to make space for multiple interpretations.

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