Under soft gallery lights, faces look back at you from the walls of the Omani Society for Fine Arts. Some are familiar, ...

A 50x65cm graphite pencil portrait inspired by Jean Baptiste Santens. Currently focused on capturing intricate hair ...

A revelatory show in San Marino puts Don Bachardy’s prolific portrait drawings into a welcome new light. The absorbing survey shows how movies were an influence, but the appeal goes beyond celebrity ...

Meghan Dinsmore’s Art III students most recent projects will find their homes across the globe in the hands of Russian schoolchildren. Dinsmore’s students are participating in the Memory Project, a ...

A woman portrait is more than a face on paper, it is a study of emotion, balance, and human expression. This video focuses on ...

Giant portraits of Aboriginal people painted on buildings and canvases across the world are drawing attention to Indigenous issues says former graffiti artist, turned portrait artist, Matt Adnate. Mr ...

More than a century ago, critic Matthew Arnold predicted that poetry of the future would synthesize rather than discover, and this certainly proved true in the realm of visual art, where it has become ...

WASHINGTON — They arrive at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., with one mission. “Where are the Obamas?” one of the ladies asks. The information desk attendant directs ...

WASHINGTON – The Smithsonian’s presidential portraits are feeling the selfie love. The new paintings of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, attracted big crowds to the National ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The official presidential portraits of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama were unveiled Monday at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Galllery in Washington, D.C., and the images ...