A recent study of 18 major American museums found that 85 percent of art in their collections is by White artists, and 87 percent by men. That makes it nearly impossible for people of color to walk ...

The selfie is a smartphone-produced version of the self-portrait, which has been a staple of art and photography history since artists first began seeing examining their own images in the mirror. In ...

In a recent study of Rembrandt's self-portraits exhibited in London and the Hague, the art critic Carlos H. Espinel and others have made medical and psychiatric diagnoses as though the paintings were ...

Sixteen-year-old Aurianna Hanlon took home the top prize of €1,500 in the Texaco Art Competition for a self-portrait at the ...

Jack Whitten, “Self Portrait II” (2014), acrylic on panel, 20 x 16 in (© the Estate of Jack Whitten, courtesy the Estate of Jack Whitten and Hauser & Wirth, photo by John Berens) LOS ANGELES — I like ...

In late 2023, the largest retrospective of the artist Marisol began its journey at the first of four museums. Marisol (full name: Marisol Escobar) was a French-born Venezuelan artist who is associated ...

Rembrandt van Rijn painted, etched or drew about 100 self-portraits in his life. One of the most captivating, “Self Portrait at the Age of 34,” is on display for the first time in the U.S. at the ...

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 ...

When Vincent Van Gogh was low on money he took to painting on both sides of the canvas, but over the years some of his reverse side paintings were covered up and lost. Now, another of his hidden ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- A self-portrait by Frida Kahlo was sold for a record $34.9 million in New York, Tuesday, making it the most expensive work sold by a Latin artist. The painting, 'Diego y yo,' ...