WASHINGTON— When abstract expressionism was all the rage in American art in the mid-20th century, many artists thought the art of painting portraits was dead. Artist Chuck Close went so far as to say ...

Most every type of animal, from pigeons to kangaroos, exhibits the same basic facial composition: a forehead, two eyes, a nose, a mouth, and a chin, in that order from the top of the face. But only ...

Thomas Antony’s caricatures speak a different language. They are abstract, colourful and highly expressive. They show an unseen side of prominent figures without distorting their basic features.

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. A selection of rarely seen abstract paintings ...

When one hears of an artist on Vancouver Island who is painting a portrait series of prominent Canadian women -- headless, holding symbolic teacups in their hands -- the imagination runs wild. An ...

Let’s start with one of art history’s great quotations, attributed to René Magritte: “A face isn’t a face unless it’s facing you.” I’ll get back to you on that, but first, a brief foray into Bosnian ...

Many visitors to "Earthly Bodies: Irving Penn's Nudes" at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art must have wondered whether these carefully composed photographs count as portraits. Most of Penn's 1949 ...

Artist Cathy Busby installing "About Face" in the refectory at Union Theological Seminary (all images courtesy the artist) In the recess of Union Theological Seminary is the school’s grand dining room ...