Long before the rise of photography in the mid-1800s, wealthy Europeans sometimes immortalized their lovers or children with miniature watercolor portraits of their eye. These eye portraits were worn ...

Tseng Kwong Chi by Tseng Kwong Chi, selenium-toned gelatin silver print, 1979 (printed 2017). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquisition made possible through federal support from ...

JEB (Joan. E. Biren), "Gloria and Charmaine, Baltimore, Maryland" (1979), photograph, from Eye to Eye: Portraits of Lesbians (Anthology Editions, 2021; all images ...

One of the most comprehensive and significant collections of portrait photography from India is on exhibit for the first time. The collection of the Ethnological Museum was originally thought to be ...

Authentic representation of marginalised people on our screens, in our media and in the world around us is well established in modern times. It's so established that it can sometimes feel trite to ...

A young 15th-century woman with porcelain skin peers out with a sultry glance. Decked out in jewels, outlandish clothes and a plunging neckline, she tempts with grapes in the painting "A Portrait of a ...

You pass through “Presidents” at the National Portrait Gallery to get to “Eye to I: Self-Portraits From 1900 to Today.” The presidents are painted in styles typical of their periods, but all are ...