“”Robert Mapplethorpe: Portraits”” is the first exhibit since his death in 1989 that features his portraits exclusively. Ranging from the mid ’70s to the late ’80s, the exhibit at the Center for ...

The Finnish painter known for her self-portraits and realist work encapsulates the haze in between life and mortality This 1915 self-portrait, created by the Finnish modernist Helene Schjerfbeck at ...

Right now, more Black faces grace gallery walls and adorn display pedestals at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art than at any time in the museum’s 56-year history. Maybe more than in all those years ...

Correction: We incorrectly named one of the people featured in a portrait and have updated it to reflect their correct identity, Lena Taylor Barbour. In the middle of the University of Virginia sits a ...