Portraiture

What does our interest in the face tell us about contemporary methods of communication?

The fictitious portraits of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

From Roni Horn to Marina Abramović, Christina Zück examines the ‘enraptured faces’ of portrait photography today

Since 1995, Li Yongbin has been creating videos of faces in the Beijing apartment he has lived in for over 30 years

Portraits, patterns and fashion; post-colonialism and mortality

The artist’s portraits are riddled with metaphors yet recognisably human