Over 50 paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture from approximately 1945 to 1975 reveal how mid-20th century artists were reinventing portraiture at a moment when everyone agreed that figuration was ...

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 ...

In an art exhibition that covers the years 1945 to 1975, you’d expect to see a lot of canvases that either look like they’ve been spilled on (Jackson Pollock) or dipped in giant buckets of paint ...

Featuring iconic American Artists such as Marsden Hartley, Alfred Stieglitz, Robert Rauschenberg, Yoko Ono, Roni Horn, Glenn Ligon, and others, this timely and groundbreaking exhibition includes more ...

“Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture” illustrates the important legacy and the continuing influence of French-American artist Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968). The exhibition features 100 ...

Portrait of C.M. Composer by Jack Smith, 1987 Private Collection Credit: Photo: The Estate of Jack Smith. Courtesy of Flowers Gallery The National Portrait Gallery is to hold its first exhibition of ...

Recently the Benton has been holding a weekly series of 30 minute art lectures. This week’s was centered on the idea of abstract and realistic portraiture. Lead by tour guide Shoshana Levinson, an ...

Beth Py-Lieberman - Author, The Object at Hand: Intriguing and Inspiring Stories from the Smithsonian Collections Artist Philip Pearlstein moved away from abstraction in the 1960s, but his portrait ...

Portraits of ancestors are visual memories that capture an expression, a likeness or a pose – with a much-loved pet, in a well-worn outfit or in a familiar family setting –relics of times gone by.

Featuring iconic American Artists such as Marsden Hartley, Alfred Stieglitz, Robert Rauschenberg, Yoko Ono, Roni Horn, Glenn Ligon, and others, this timely and groundbreaking exhibition includes more ...