The only portrait painted of William Shakespeare from sight is due to be cleaned for the first time since it was painted over 400 years ago. The portrait—believed to have been painted by John Taylor, ...

Frame: 13 x 16.88 x 1.5 in. (33.02 x 42.88 x 3.81 cm.) Signed and inscribed in ink on recto Not only did Peter Beard photograph the disappearing wildlife in Africa, but he also photographed the who’s ...

Peter Beard describes his career as “escapism through collage, books, diaries and anthropology.” The photographer, artist and environmentalist might add “travel” to the list, having spent more than ...

The Chandos portrait is the only-known painting of Shakespeare made during his lifetime. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons William Shakespeare has been dead for 400 years, but his image lives on.

Stepping into a museum is usually about exploring the past, but for some visitors, it’s more like looking into a mirror.

In the mid-1960s, American photographer Peter Beard met the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon at one of Bacon’s openings at the Marlborough Gallery in London. Bacon had recently purchased Beard’s The ...