WASHINGTON — They arrive at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., with one mission. “Where are the Obamas?” one of the ladies asks. The information desk attendant directs ...

Meghan Dinsmore’s Art III students most recent projects will find their homes across the globe in the hands of Russian schoolchildren. Dinsmore’s students are participating in the Memory Project, a ...

More than a century ago, critic Matthew Arnold predicted that poetry of the future would synthesize rather than discover, and this certainly proved true in the realm of visual art, where it has become ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The official presidential portraits of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama were unveiled Monday at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Galllery in Washington, D.C., and the images ...

"I do not draw. I cannot draw. I will never draw," writes Judy Bolton-Fasman. (Getty Images) I do not draw. I cannot draw. I will never draw. My stick figures are abstract abstractions. No neurons ...

Feb. 13 (UPI) --The Obamas unveiled their official portraits Monday in Washington, D.C., and as with any artistic endeavor that bucks tradition -- especially one so austere as the U.S. presidency -- ...

WASHINGTON – The Smithsonian’s presidential portraits are feeling the selfie love. The new paintings of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, attracted big crowds to the National ...

The Princess of Wales and her children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, have revealed their artistic skills in four portraits of each other. It's believed to be the first time that ...