Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t be fully understood until it has become a thing ...

Despite the prevalence of self-referential and autobiographical elements in his art, Jean-Michel Basquiat rarely identified his paintings as explicit representations of himself. Now, one of the artist ...

“Photography is a great way to express your love for someone,” said Inez van Lamsweerde. “You fall in love with the person you photograph in two seconds.” We’re standing in a gallery in New York, ...

An extremely quirky, highly curious show called “Musée Imaginaire” opened earlier this month in an equally curious place for an artist’s solo debut: Sag Harbor, Long Island. It’s a museum-like ...

Contemporary womenswear brand Self-Portrait has unveiled its Lunar New Year campaign—a cinematic series that lovingly pays homage to Hong Kong TV dramas. Shot by photographer Feng Li, it is a ...

Big money, big ideas and big egos — the art world has all the necessary ingredients for a juicy controversy. This may be why eye-rolling and schadenfreude emerge so virulently whenever said ...

The central question of portraiture is how to best turn its subjects inside out — how to best manipulate an inanimate medium so as to capture an animate sitter with a hidden history of invisible ...

(Bloomberg) -- A Gustav Klimt portrait of a young Viennese woman set a record auction price for the artist Tuesday when it fetched $236.4 million at Sotheby’s in New York. The portrait also became the ...

One of the biggest price tags at this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach is attached to one of its smallest works. A Frida Kahlo self-portrait measuring 5cm tall is being shown on the stand of Weinstein ...

"This book is published in conjunction with an exhibition presented by the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian from November 2005 to April 2006 ... included self-portraits by forty-seven ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Angela covers fashion, beauty, and everything in-between. I come to visit Han Chong on a rainy July morning at the brand’s ...