portraiture


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

The father of Mark Speight establishes an art foundation to promote talented children.

Celebrity photographer Rankin hopes to return to the refugee camp whose inhabitants feature in his new exhibition.

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

Craig Wylie has been named the winner of this year's BP Portrait Award with a painting of his girlfriend.

A portrait of the late actor Heath Legder wins a top art award in Australia, voted for by members of the public.

Many schools and colleges have already forged strong links between their pupils and the art world.

The NHS is asking patients whether a new interactive body map should be correct in every detail.

Jim Fitzpatrick previews what's on this week's Politics Show.

A Cardiff artist wins a national self portrait competition and Rolf Harris will present him with the prize.

Who was the greatest king or queen of England? Three historians make the case for Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and Victoria so you can weigh the evidence.

A collection of more than 150 political portraits, which belonged to the late Tony Banks, are to go under the hammer.

David Hockney is Britain's most eminent living artist. As a retrospective of his portraiture opens, a guide to his work with Hockney himself, his muse Celia Birtwell and the curator.

The Monitor is home to quizzes, paper monitor and your letters.

A preview of the National Gallery's major exhibition dedicated to the 17th Century painter Velazquez.

Photographer Arnold Newman, who pioneered a form of portraiture, has died at the age of 88.

A recently rediscovered painting by Hans Holbein is expected to fetch up to £3m at auction.

Three artists make the shortlist for the annual BP Portrait Award.

Portraits of Henry VIII, Jane Seymour and son Edward will hang together for the first time since the 16th Century.

A portrait of a Welsh king by a German painter is a classic icon of Englishness, says historian David Cannadine in his weekly column.

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