Before there were DMs or selfies, there were watercolour self-portraits, and an American artist boldly used one to send a ...

A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ...

A rare 1931 oil portrait of Mahatma Gandhi by Clare Leighton sold for £152,800 at Bonhams’ Travel and Exploration Sale, ...

Ball, a free man of color, opened a one-room photo studio in Cincinnati in 1845, but the business soon folded. He honed his ...

In June, our art critic toured seven art museums from Detroit to Kansas City. National turmoil crept into the frame.

Joan Carlile, Mary Beale and Sarah Biffin presented by Philip Mould & Company Philip Mould’s Frieze Masters presentation ...

An exhibit at the Morgan Library celebrates "a lively mind," including with items like a letter she wrote with every word ...

A History of Photography” showcases Robert Mapplethorpe, Man Ray and other big names, but the important exhibition is so much more, looking at expressions of gender and sexuality across two centuries.

It was nearing midnight on the opening evening of the Arles photography festival; photographer Nan Goldin had just received ...

I could never forget it,’ says the chair of the jury as Quayson’s film – a reflection on identity – wins the Dior Photography ...

It's the last chance to get 25% off tickets to our Festival of Photography: Documentary on August 9th, a celebration of ...