Heroic presence and dramatic intensity define this Achilles portrait drawing inspired by classical mythology. The artwork ...

People of status always dominated in portraits, not only because of their elevated social rank but also because it cost a ...

This year, observes Mary Heffernan, the general manager of Castletown House, is the 275th anniversary of the birth of "the great heroine of the story of Castletown", Lady Louisa Connolly. On a ...

In an audio clip at its website, the Metropolitan Museum of Art describes it as “the best Neo-Classical portrait in the world”: a 1788 oil by Jacques-Louis David depicting the so-called father of ...

An app initially released in 2015 has gone viral after people discovered a feature allowing users to compare selfies to works of classical art. Users have posted the comparisons on social media, ...

Art lovers are invited to trace the evolving language of portraits -- from classical foundations to experimental re-imaginings during "Only Faces On My Mind", which is running at Agni Gallery until ...