Charcoal is one of the most expressive materials that an artist can use. If applied directly to paper, its lines are harsh, but if blended and layered, it can create a smooth, rich texture that gives ...

DETROIT — It seems ridiculous to think of a five-by-seven-foot portrait as being subtle, but that is the word that springs immediately to mind during an encounter with Nicole Macdonald’s large ...

Through Nov. 30. Visit the museum’s website for hours and more information. The poem is famous, so we think we know it. But really, we only recognize the first stanza: “Tyger Tyger, burning bright, / ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Before publishing her first book, the poet Kate Greenstreet started to ...

The portrait of the renowned Scottish poet vanished without a trace in 1840. Since then, scholars and sleuths alike have been strategizing about how to get it back ...

“Come See Me in the Good Light” director Ryan White has made a documentary that mirrors the way he felt when he first arrived at the home of spoken word artist Andrea Gibson, who has been diagnosed ...

Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson delve into the poet's life in a documentary that teeters between formal experimentation and dutiful portrait. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic In the opening ...

HUNTINGTON Marshall University’s School of Music will host “Poets and Portraits: An exploration of the African American experience through song” at 5 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church of Huntington.

WASHINGTON (AP) — America often knows the names but not the faces of its great poets. Now the National Portrait Gallery is introducing dozens of 20th century poets to Washington visitors."Poetic ...

A portrait of Robert Burns by Henry Raeburn, which was lost for more than 200 years, has been put on public display for the first time at the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh. The exhibiting ...

Close your eyes. Picture a room full of movie stars. Now picture a room full of U.S. presidents. Now picture a room full of poets. Having trouble filling in the faces? Poets are not the world's most ...