Portraits
27Feb
18Jun
Art By Meme And History
This joke, while humorous, illustrates a great point about art. For so long, the best way to honor or remember loved ones was to commission a portrait. Hopefully, these works turned out to be flattering, unlike the joke above...
15Jan
Portrait Paintintgs
Is it weird to hang a portrait of yourself in your own home? Maybe. Is it weird to hang a portrait of a stranger in your home? Not at all. Connecting with the inner essence of a subject is...
16Aug
All About Marilyn
It’s rare that someone would have two birthdays, but in the case of Marilyn Monroe, this anomaly just might be true. On June 1, 1926, a little girl named Norma Jean Mortenson was born at Los Angeles County Hospital....
05Dec
Record Breaking Art
In mid-November, the last privately owned painting by Leonardo da Vinci, entitled Salvator Mundi, sold at Christie’s for $450.3 million. It is officially the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction. To be precise, it sold for more than twice the...
