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The prestigious BP Portrait Award 2008 exhibition opens in Aberdeen, featuring "amazing" work.

A mysterious Renaissance portrait has been identified as a painting of infamous Italian femme fatale Lucrezia Borgia by artist Dosso Dossi.

Animated videos appear in the shadows of people walking through Trafalgar Square in an interactive work of art.

A portrait of a London society lady by her lover, artist Sir Anthony van Dyck, is to go on display for the first time in over a century.

A camera used to photograph the Queen 42 years ago is sold at auction in Norfolk for £1,600.

The National Portrait Gallery in London teams up with a museum in Preston, Lancashire to buy a portrait of a giant of the Industrial Revolution.

A rare portrait of the 18th Century Lancashire engineer and inventor Sir Richard Arkwright is to go on display in his home city.

Prince Charles chooses a formal uniform but a relaxed pose for the official portrait to mark his 60th birthday.

An artist who once painted Eric Cantona as a Christ-like figure turns his attention to Manchester United legend, George Best.

A portrait inspired by a woman's nightmare of giving birth to quintuplets wins the National Portrait Gallery photographic prize.

A group of young people unveil an exhibition in which they celebrate their roots and look to the future

A rare portrait by a famous Welsh artist, up for auction in Cardiff this week, is at the centre of an intriguing mystery.

A new exhibition tells the stories behind nine artworks of Highlands women.

Obama, The Musical, a partial portrait of US presidential hopeful Barack Obama, is set to open in Kenya.

A self-portrait by the 18th century Edinburgh-born artist Allan Ramsay sells for almost £300,000.

A look at the portraits of sports personalities up for auction in London.

An artist from Bath wins a £5,000 prize for his painting of a terminally ill man.

A rare portrait of the artist Francis Bacon, painted by Lucien Freud, goes under the hammer at an auction in London.

A "landmark" exhibition of Renaissance portraits goes on display at The National Gallery in London.

A portrait of dancer Akram Khan is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in London

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