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 2015 BP Portrait Award has gone to Israeli artist Matan Ben Cnaan for Annabelle and Guy (2015), a neo-realistic portrait painting inspired by the Bible story of Jephthah and his daughter. Ben ...

An Israeli artist took first prize in an international competition of hyper-realistic portrait painting, beating out thousands of other entries with his picture of a man, woman and dog. With the win, ...

VERMEER is considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time because of his ability to capture hyper-realistic detail with a simple stroke - but a man without any painting talent believes he ...

At six foot tall and painted in hyper real style, it could be the ultimate shrine for a Kim Kardashian fan's home. The huge portrait, which measures six foot by 4.5 ft, features the head and shoulders ...

It looks like the work of a few seconds. But while this striking image may appear to be a photograph at first glance, it has actually taken weeks of painstaking work. Right down to the creases in his ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “The faultlines between civilizations will be the battle lines of the future,” wrote the late Samuel Huntington ...