portrait

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He has already hung portraits of himself inside the White House, breaking with the tradition that a president wait until the end of his term to be invited by a successor to unveil a portrait.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The spectacular ensemble, arranged in the order Seurat originally chose, forms a composite portrait of the harbor town and its grassy environs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The portrait of Lily Allen from the cover of her recent hit album West End Girl has gone on display at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

One of the posts I saw soon after the story’s publication was an Instagram portrait Maricela Cueva took when the two met a few years ago during a conference in Burbank.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

It was a modest portrait that for a time became the highest refinement of Renaissance painting.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day