The returning first couple have released their new official portraits: a perfectly synced duet of lady-boss power and ...

“What I wanted to do was to draw ideas in, to be able to look at the depiction of power, both beautifully and problematically ...

I am prouder still that this work continued across the Smithsonian: In the intervening years, the Portrait Gallery has remained committed to diversifying its collections. It has curated a range of ...

Some portraits of power, though, have proved deadly. Henry VIII’s courtier, Thomas Cromwell, asked the painter Hans Holbein the Younger to paint a picture of a potential fourth wife, Anne of Cleaves, ...

In politics, image is not merely a reflection but a carefully crafted statement. Donald Trump’s latest official portrait, captured by his chief photographer Daniel Torok, emerges as a striking ...