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 ...

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd's official portrait has been unveiled. There's a pet intruder and an answer to whether he would be depicted with his "Hemingway beard". Former prime minister Kevin ...

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.

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 ...

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

Who has the best facial hair in York? The York Beard and Mustache Club Keystone State Beard and Mustache Championship, dubbed "Hellam on Earth," was held Saturday, April 28, 2018, at the Tourist Inn ...

The world’s second-known portrait of Leonardo da Vinci has been unearthed. For years, the Old Master drawing of an unknown bearded man has belonged to the British Royal Family. The identity of the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Things got hairy Saturday at the second annual Fr3shArt Portrait Battle at Redux, where members of ...

John Bagley was a businessman in Detroit before turning to politics in the late 19th century. The Michigan State Capitol has dozens of portraits of former governors in its collection. But its newest ...

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 ...