China turned to stern rhetoric from a historic conflict with the U.S.—the Korean War—as it steeled itself for the escalating ...

Selected by the Soviets to run what was supposed to be a minor puppet regime, Kim Il Sung created his own cult of personality ...

This time, the focus is on half-length portraits, comprising a total of 28 captivating images that showcase not only the players but also their head coach, Li Guoxu. While three players were unable to ...

A portrait of President Donald Trump hung by state Republicans in the Colorado Capitol six years ago was removed this week after the president raged against it on social media. Trump took to his ...

A portrait of Donald Trump has been removed from the Colorado State Capitol, after the US president claimed it was "purposefully distorted" and "truly the worst". Mr Trump took to Truth Social on ...

Artist Sarah Boardman said the portrait showed the US President with a “serious, thoughtful, non-confrontational” expression, after it was commissioned in 2018. In his rant about the piece, Trump ...

Products that are seen as forgeries in the West are seen as «re-creations» in China, where the culture does not condemn copying works of art. The hand-painted copies are popular worldwide.

Next to them hang portraits of Mao Zedong, George W. Bush senior, Deng Xiaoping and Donald Trump. In between there are pandas, brightly colored sunrises, Spider-Man, van Gogh's sunflowers and ...

224pp. Other Press. Paperback, £16.99 (US $17.99). Naturally, Andrea finds all this irksome, and not conducive to a good documentary, but then she is a tricky customer herself. Contrarian and self- ...

A few days later, I met Chairman Mao Zedong himself for the first time. He was sixty-one years old to my nineteen. He was warm and welcoming. This meeting, joined by other top leaders, including ...

My brief tonight is to look at how political portraits capture defining political moments and reframe national conversations. And to talk about what, if anything, they reveal about these men and ...