Portrait articles
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King Charles' new official portrait looks straight out of The Shining: "Demonic"
If you're a Stephen King fan, you'll love King Charles' new official portrait — or "poster for a horror film," as one royal historian called it. Unveiled yesterday, the oil painting, by artist Jonathan Yeo, screams with reds and more reds that looks straight out of The Shining — if King Charles' body had bobbed to the surface during the bloody elevator scene. — Read the rest
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Review: There's no curiosity about Amy Winehouse at all in the reductive, shallow portrait 'Back to Black'
It would be a challenging undertaking for any filmmaker or actor to represent in biopic form the outsize talent, unique style and utterly devastating downfall of soul singer Amy Winehouse. To quote one of Winehouse’s most poignant ballads, the endeavor is “a losing game” before it even starts. Hers is such a tragic story that Asif Kapadia limited his Oscar-winning 2015 documentary “Amy” to audio recordings set to archival footage to examine Winehouse’s life, never showing the faces of the...
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'Looks like he's in hell': King Charles' portrait sparks mixed reactions
King Charles' first official portrait was unveiled at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. As is expected for a portrait of the head of state, it's heavy on symbolism, depicting Charles with a stoic expression, his hands clasped over the handle of a sword and an endangered monarch butterfly over his shoulder. But the painting's most immediately striking — and divisive — feature was the bold red tones of Charles' uniform and the background. Painted by British artist Jonathan Yeo over four sittings, the...