Inspired in large part by two well-known paintings that caused quite a stir at their unveilings, Mark Arts’ current major exhibition focuses on fashion in fine art. “The jumping off point is ...

The Willits Center for the Arts (WCA) invites the public to its latest Art Talks lecture, an exploration of the life and work of renowned portrait artist John Singer Sargent.

John Singer Sargent, portrait painter – and “stylist”? Sixty paintings reveal how Sargent used “sartorial choices” to “fashion” his high-society sitters’ images. Ambitious ...

“The jumping off point is the John Singer Sargent portrait “Madame X” from the 1880s and also Amy Sherald’s portrait of Michelle Obama in a couture dress,” said Laura Taylor, Mark Arts ...