portraiture
Nursery Rhymes Come to Life in Dreamy Oil Paintings
Mary Jane Ansell’s paintings feature ethereal scenes inspired by dreams and classical portraiture.
All Hail Kehinde Wiley's Portraits of Black Art Royalty
An artist famous for painting everyday black people turns to new models—his art world peers.
Lonely Hyperreal Paintings Show Moments of Social Isolation
Dutch painter Gerard Boersma uses hyperreal painting to reflect upon our overly-connected, yet ultimately disconnected society.
An Artist Asked People to Get Naked in a Nest to Face Their Demons
After finding solace in a handmade nest, Debbie Baxter began to build them for others.
Daily Ink Drawings Detail Death, Life, and Memory
To honor his grandfather’s passing, interaction designer and illustrator Arman Nobari is creating one ink portrait per day for a year.
Moody Photographs Capture Grit and Beauty
Gil Gilmour shoots shadowy portraits resembling topography.
The 15-Year-Old Painter Making Fan Art into Fine Art
Young artist Cheyenne Stetson has developed a strong artistic voice in her prodigious paintings.
Street Artists Remix Old Masterpieces
Partnering with Fat Free Art, Sotheby's tasked street artists with creating new work inspired by very old paintings.
Stark Photos Document the Dangerous Lives of Indonesian Sulfur Miners
Lena Tsibizova travelled to Java to chronicle the lives of those who toil there.
Intimate Portraits Capture Women in Moments of Solitude
Inspired by paintings by Vermeer, Maria Marrone explores beauty through portraits of everyday muses.
This Afropunk Singer Should Be Very, Very Famous
Intimate photos of Faty Sy Savanet, a rising star in France whose music and art transverses the African diaspora.
Intricate Collages Turn Everyday Detritus into Iconic Portraits
Brazilian artist Christian Pierini immortalizes his favorite pop culture icons using the stuff that surrounds him.