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Tag: self-portrait

Postcards in Isolation 10: Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940

28th June 202028th June 2020  Isabel Radford

Isabel Radford reflects on one of Frida Kahlo’s best known works, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird, 1940, and sees the artist as a source of empowerment for our current times.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: art, Covid-19, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, Isabel Radford, Lockdown Living, painting, Postcards in Isolation, Rochelle Roberts, Self Portraits, self-portrait, Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird

Artemisia Gentileschi Portrait revealed at the National Gallery, London

2nd January 20192nd January 2019  Miriam Al Jamil

The National Gallery reveals its latest acquisition, Artemisia Gentileschi’s Self-portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Miriam Al Jamil reflects on its importance in Gentileschi’s oeuvre.

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Posted in Art and design, ArtsTagged: Artemisia Gentileschi, Baroque, Caravaggio, Charles I, Medusa, National Gallery, Orazio Gentileschi, portraiture, Royal Collection, Saint Catherine, self-portrait, Seventeenth-century art
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