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Most artists agree that portraiture is the most difficult genre to conquer when drawing or painting. Achieving a large percentage of a likeness can be dragged down by minor inaccuracies. The first and

Babies grin gummily, seemingly submerged deep inside inky pools of turquoise. Women lie back in washes of magenta or violet. Then the focus changes as if the lens of a camera has been switched and the

I mused over this article, wondering how worthwhile it is when there are no steps showing the progress of the paintings. Then I remembered, especially with mixed media, the process is evident in the f

DURING A TIME OF RAPID DISRUPTION, A RISING COMMUNITY OF WOMEN ARE RETHINKING THE FUTURE OF THE ART WORLD IN IMAGINATIVE AND EXCITING WAYS. FRIEZE DIRECTOR EVA LANGRET INTRODUCES THE ARTISTS AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES POWER PLAYERS TO KNOW

Lee Miller threw herself into life, dancing at Surrealist balls, taking fashion to Blitz-torn streets and dreaming up blue-spaghetti recipes, all the time intoxicating men and fighting inner demons, as Mary Miers reveals

For Batia Ofer, the Art of Wishes founder and Royal Academy Trust chair, a magnificent Madrid property and its expansive gardens offered a blank canvas for a beautifully curated display of art