Tom by Michael Gaskell, Egg tempera on board, courtesy of the artist Tom by Michael Gaskell Michael Gaskell's portraits, landscapes, still lifes, "have an underlying intention in common ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The BP Portrait Award, the most important contest worldwide solely for portraits, carries a first prize of £30,000 and has been a fixture in the National Portrait Gallery schedule since its inception ...

an artist's son, fleetingly caught between boyhood and manhood by Michael Gaskell (in a manner which suggests that the painter has been looking long and hard at both Holbein and Botticelli); and a ...

a map of New Penzance Island and new cover art by Michael Gaskell. Check out detail views of Gaskell’s photo-real original cover painting (as shared on Criterion’s blog). The mannered milieu ...