An exhibition examines how art was affected by the idea of sexual identity. Its curators say the show has run into resistance ...

One of the most sad and damaging self-portraits ever is Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear’. It was painted after he cut off a part of his own ear following a fight with ...

William Kentridge, the renowned South African artist, began to film himself in his studio during the coronavirus pandemic ...

Known for her portraits of others, it wasn’t until Alice Neel was 80 that she fully focussed on herself in a painting.

This is your brain on selfies: The science of self-portraits, faces, art and the mind The same part of the brain that processes art deals with facial recognition, too ...

If you think the selfie was born as a direct result of the cellphone, “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” painted just over 500 years ago by Francesco Mazzola, the Italian artist commonly ...

Zangrandi’s portraits playfully take on a big swath of art history, reinterpreting famous self-portraits by women artists of the past—nearly 1,000 years’ worth.

The authenticity of Paul Gauguin's 1903 self-portrait has long been the subject of debate. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons According to naval records, Paul Gauguin’s eyes were brown. In ...

One of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s few self-portraits—and one that hasn’t been seen in more than 20 years—is being offered as the star lot in November at Sotheby’s contemporary evening sale ...

Katy Hessel's new book 'The Story of Art Without Men' unearths centuries of 'firsts' — women creating art and fighting against historical invisibility.