Portraiture

"Going back to China, I had to ask myself what’s the worst that can happen? I end up in jail,” Ai tells Art & Object about his decision to return to the country, despite being persona non grata…
One of the greatest chroniclers of twentieth-century America, Alice Neel was born in a small town near Philadelphia in 1900, but made her mark as a “painter of people,” as she humbly called herself,…
As American states levy an unprecedented amount of anti-trans bill proposals, the art of drag is gaining traction. We’ve rounded up artists who, whether working in drag or drag adjacent, have…

This 2011 masterpiece by Amy Sherald is a dazzling example of her ability to tell deeply personal stores using her superior portrait painting technique. Sherald's work 'It Made Sense...Mostly In…

Last year offered innumerable compelling subjects to

This spring, the High Museum of Art will present Underexposed: Women Photographers from the Collection (April 17-Aug. 1), an exhibition featuring more than 100 photographs from the Museum’s…
PAVE Contemporary announces the début of CURE/RATED: Bigotry, A Societal Cancer a new, provocative group exhibition that explores the tensions and emotions systematic prejudices engender in society.

CHICAGO – The Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce that its doors will reopen on February 11.Bisa Butler: Portraits, which opened last…