#portraiture

#portraiture

The portraits in the exhibition, inspired by two sculptural works by Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin, serve as a conceptual springboard to also frame the group of treescapes on view. Party utilizes the symbolism and mythological references present in these sculptures to confront the inevitability of aging and death, two themes that have long been central to his artistic exploration. Known for his unique use of soft pastel, the artist has become a master of the medium, employing the pigment's versatility, immediacy and saturated color.

The new film Moss & Freud opens with Kate Moss (Ellie Bamber) hurtling down the motorway, cigarette in hand, blond hair whipped back, redoing her lipstick in the rear-view mirror like a Hitchcockian anti-heroine. When sirens peal behind her and the police pass, Moss cackles. This sequence establishes the film's fixation as being on the model and unlikely, one-time muse of Lucian Freud (here Derek Jacobi), rather than on the artist. Sadly, it has little to say about either subject-or Freud's self-proclaimed search for "truth"

Across a range of genres, from portraits to landscapes to wildlife, the work of 40 contemporary photographers features in a brand new book. Exposure: Contemporary Photographers in Australia and New Zealand, authored by Amber Creswell-Bell, highlights an array of practices that explore fashion, Indigenous culture, nature, and more. Published by Thames & Hudson Australia, Exposure "captures the essence of modern photography, showcasing bold perspectives, striking landscapes, and intimate portraits that reflect the region's cultural richness and natural beauty," says a statement.

She wrote it down and kept returning to it, consumed by the ideas it evoked of mapping feelings and place, and the correlation between geography and experience - a kind of emotional cartography. At the same time, she'd been thinking about psychogeography and the practice of exploring our environments guided solely by subjective impulses and the desire to generate chance encounters and uncover hidden histories and memories.

"In my mind, I always try to start from scratch in order to avoid lapsing into a completely pre-established harmony by creating something based on a prior intention or plan," he has said. "Surprise is a necessity when making art. I welcome unforeseen accidents that transcend my imagination and let myself go with the flow. Mistakes are also welcome: failure breeds success."

Nathaniel Mary Quinn has never shied away from confronting the most difficult corners of the human condition. With ECHOES FROM COPELAND, his fifth solo exhibition with Gagosian, the acclaimed American artist channels fear, grief, and redemption into a deeply visceral body of work. The exhibition, currently on view at Gagosian's West 24th Street gallery through October 25, draws inspiration from literature and figurative abstraction to create an emotional terrain as fractured as it is full of possibility.

In the hundred-year history of The New Yorker, photography has appeared on the cover exactly twice. For the magazine's seventy-fifth anniversary, in 2000, the dog-loving portraitist William Wegman dressed up one of his Weimaraners as Eustace Tilley, our dandyish mascot, originally drawn by Rea Irvin. (The butterfly that canine Eustace studies through his monocle also has a dog's head.) But no human had broken the barrier until last month, when Cindy Sherman's image of herself as Eustace covered a special issue on the culture industry.

The Schoelkopf Gallery has unveiled a landmark exhibition that brings to light a body of work unseen for nearly five decades. Jamie Wyeth: Portraits of Andy Warhol and Rudolf Nureyev presents the artist's strikingly intimate studies of two cultural giants of the 20th century. Opening September 12 and running through October 17, 2025, the show revisits Wyeth's silken realism and offers a rare glimpse into his artistic dialogue with Pop Art's enfant terrible Andy Warhol and ballet's electrifying star Rudolf Nureyev.

The Los Angeles-based artist Edward Cushenberry uses the format of the polaroid to explore the people and places that make him who he is. But, he doesn't do so in the 'traditional' way - he draws them. Choosing coloured pencils and inks over photography, Edward's pieces are still framed and captured like photo. Figures - often loosely based on Edwards friends - are candid and seemingly capture in motion, these images are then made dynamic and animated with the slivers of dialogue offered as hand-drawn captions.

Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Georges attended St. John's University in New York, where he specialized in photography and directing. His work spans personal projects as well as fashion and editorial assignments that reflect a sensitivity to the people, places, and stories he encounters. Georges is interested in capturing moments of quiet intensity, exploring the passage of time, and fleeting emotions.

Philip I of Castile made his expectations for the painter perfectly clear: His daughters Eleanor and Isabella, positioned to the left and right of his son Charles, were not to appear pale or sickly. Instead, they were to embody vibrant life rosy-cheeked, dressed in splendid garments, and as beautiful as can be. The painting, completed in 1502, was then replicated multiple times

Nadav Kander is a Kentish Town-based photographer who is well known for his moody, atmospheric photographs. Scratch that, he's the man behind some of my most beloved photographs of artists, such as David Lynch, Adam Pearson, Benicio Del Toro and other magnetic subjects, in which his photographic eye for light and darkness pulls powerful auras from the celebrity faces we have seen thousands of times.

Eileen Perrier's work highlights the complexity of visibility and beauty, showcasing individuals in candid portraits that reveal beauty in everyday life.