The winner of the National Portrait Gallery’s prestigious portraiture competition paints a disturbing picture of America.

Christof Metzger, co-author of the latest major publication on Albrecht Dürer, argues that the "copy" at National Gallery is real.

Experts have long assumed that a painting at London's National Gallery is one of many replicas of an original Dürer portrait. Now, a new book claims that this cracked copy is the real deal ...

Scientific analysis of the famed Anne Boleyn portrait "Hever Rose" reveals the artist may have tried to visually rebut rumors about the queen to protect her legacy.

Artist Ingrid Brindle’s work comes from a practice shaped by personal passions, connections and creating art with meaning ...

Follow the journey of creating hyperrealistic paintings, from intricate tiny details to lifesize figures and self-portraits. See how technique, patience, and precision come together to produce art ...

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, a masterpiece, resides at the Louvre, protected by advanced security. Its journey from Renaissance Italy to French royal collections, through revolution and a famous ...

Lancaster’s portrait painters are inviting the public to see familiar faces – and a few famous ones – in a new exhibition at ...

The remarkable Roman Egypt-era work represents some the earliest realistic portrait paintings still in existence today.

The silence in her work is tender, delicate and fierce all at once. In a world dominated by men, despite isolation, illness ...

Society's interest in Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) has risen relatively recently. When searching for "Klimt" in ...

A centuries-old rumor about England’s most notorious queen may finally be put to rest. Researchers examining a 450-year-old portrait of Anne Boleyn say they have uncovered evidence that the painting ...