Born in Accra, Ghana’s lively capital, Amoako Boafo has become a transformative force in contemporary African art. Renowned for his striking portraiture and figurative painting, this Ghanaian artist ...

Both the painter and the sitter of a portrait of a young woman of colour purchased at auction by the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) in 2020 have finally been identified after lots of digging, a little ...

GEORGIA GREEN’s revival of Vincent in Brixton at the Orange Tree is as perfect a rendition of this play as you could hope to see. First shown to widespread acclaim in 2002, playwright Nicholas ...

After switching from performing to politics, the famous soprano Andrea Rost has lost a lot because of her decision to campaign for change. Now she's in unchartered waters and despite facing a barrage ...

A new analysis of the Hever Rose portrait suggests that the painter deliberately modified an existing template to showcase Anne’s hands—with no extra digits—holding a delicate rose Meilan Solly - ...

The most striking moments in Kameron Neal’s 2023 video installation “Down the Barrel (of a Lens)” are freeze-frame shots of people on the street, protesting war, racial inequality and abuses of state ...

In Red Butte Garden & Arboretum, Hour 2, see Andrew Holter's appraisal of American Folk Art oil portraits, ca. 1810. Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available ...

An expert oil painting tutorial that is designed to give beginners a solid foundation by combining material knowledge with a full portrait painting process. It introduces the basic tools required for ...

Oil painting is often described as confusing or intimidating, but in reality it is one of the most flexible and forgiving ways to paint. In this video, you’ll learn exactly what you need to get ...

Bailly’s Vanitas Still life with Portrait of a Young Painter “Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. /What profit hath a man of all his labor which he taketh under ...

In a sea of selfies, why not spring for something far more enduring? New York–based artist Claudia Munro Kerr spent her formative years between Scotland and Madrid, where she lived a stone’s throw ...

A self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has become the most valuable work by a female artist sold at auction after selling for $54.7 million. Kahlo’s surrealist self portrait, which was sold by ...