WASHINGTON (AP) - When abstract expressionism was all the rage in American art in the mid-20th century, many artists thought the art of painting portraits was dead. Artist Chuck Close went so far ...

The artist’s large-scale paintings caught the eye of Charles Saatchi when she was just out of art school. Three decades on, ...

LOS ANGELES — The titles of the paintings in Viennese artist Verena Dengler’s first exhibition in the United States, at Thomas Duncan Gallery, rattle off the tongue like bad academic poetry.

The art world of the 1960s was starkly different from today’s resolutely commercial scene. In his memoir “Portrait of the Art Dealer as a Young Man,” Michael Findlay remembers the time ...

Whitten's paintings pay homage to his influences, including artists and close family. He thought of his works as “gifts” — personal dedications that reveal his subjects’ nuances and edges.

Chuck Close (1940-2021): Painting Monumental Portraits, Chronicling the Art World The artist will be celebrated for outside headshots that vibrate with energy, but his work also honored the ...

Cleveland Museum of Art acquires a major abstract painting by Beauford Delaney, bolstering collection of works by African American artists Published: Sep. 20, 2022, 10:00 a.m. Untitled, about 1958.