An 1840 selfie to 1960s advertising: Eight images that tell the story of America
A new exhibition of more than 200 photographs charts 300 years of image-making in the US, showing how the country's history ...
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The Iconoclastic Vision of Barkley L. Hendricks
The late artist’s work has always bristled against the boundaries of categorization, and it does so particularly here, in an ...
The Artist Alonzo Davis’s Life and Work in Pictures
In the 1960s, he built the Brockman Gallery, a vital venue for Black artists in Los Angeles. Here are glimpses into his life, ...
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‘Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror’: Parmigianino’s Brilliantly Warped Perspective
If you think the selfie was born as a direct result of the cellphone, “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” painted just over 500 years ago by Francesco Mazzola, the Italian artist commonly ...
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Wicklow artist wins €5,000 in prestigious self-portrait competition
Wicklow artist Ciaran Taylor won first prize in the prestigious 'Ready to Start' self-portrait awards 2025 in honour of renowned Stillorgan-born artist Sir William Orpen. The Sir William Orpen Prize ...
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Portrait of the artist(s): Actress/writer channels celebrated painter Frida Kahlo in solo play
At some point, theater artist Vanessa Severo will let go of Frida Kahlo, the beloved Mexican painter whom she has portrayed onstage for five years in her solo play “Frida … A Self Portrait,” ...
'Frida ... A Self Portrait' tells Kahlo's story with blunt candor, and sometimes silence
Frida … A Self Portrait,” which opened Friday at Glencoe’s Writers Theatre, digs deep into her life. In the 75-minute, ...
Review: In ‘Frida … A Self Portrait’ at Writers Theatre, an actress strives to become the painter
Vanessa Severo’s solo show about the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is most effective when it’s about Severo’s own journey to ...