The president’s iconic beard was a product of the anxious new realities of the photographic age.

Continually drawn to abstraction and geometry, Smith is known for his mesmerizing works that infuse elaborate, often ...

I do enjoy what I call ‘lost-in-your-twenties’ fiction, which usually uses a similar colourful cover-art style, with ...

A portrait of President Donald Trump hung by state Republicans in the Colorado Capitol six years ago was removed this week after the president raged against it on social media. Trump took to his ...

THIS is a carefully executed historical introduction to the study of biology, and should prove very useful to students. Its aim is to sketch the broad features of biological progress, “and to ...

My brief tonight is to look at how political portraits capture defining political moments and reframe national conversations. And to talk about what, if anything, they reveal about these men and ...

A Gustav Klimt portrait of an African prince that was lost after World War II is on view at TEFAF Maastricht, bearing a €15 million ($16.4 million) price tag. When a collector presented the ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. MOST people don’t get the opportunity to have their portrait painted. We take photos all the time, but sitting for a portrait artist is ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Edvard Munch learnt quickly that “when I paint a person his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.