Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated handout image provided by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery shows a portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy by Andy ...

Recently the Benton has been holding a weekly series of 30 minute art lectures. This week’s was centered on the idea of abstract and realistic portraiture. Lead by tour guide Shoshana Levinson, an ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When abstract expressionism was all the rage in American art in the mid-20th century, many artists thought the art of painting portraits was dead. Artist Chuck Close went so far as ...