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For the magazine’s seventy-fifth anniversary, in 2000, the dog-loving portraitist William Wegman dressed up one of his Weimaraners as Eustace Tilley, our dandyish mascot, originally drawn by Rea Irvin.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The show features work from 12 artists that participated in the Black Rock Senegal residency founded by artist (and Obama portraitist) Kehinde Wiley in its first two years.
—Amy Carleton, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
Beth Ditto and Olly Alexander performed before the live auction on 3rd July, which raised £20,000 with top lots including Alison Jackson’s PRIDE Playboy, Tongue in Cheek by Hayden Kays and a portrait of Daniel Lismore by Chris Levine, portraitist of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Ellmann the portraitist has now come in for a portrait of his own.
—Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The show features work from 12 artists that participated in the Black Rock Senegal residency founded by artist (and Obama portraitist) Kehinde Wiley in its first two years.
—Amy Carleton, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
Beth Ditto and Olly Alexander performed before the live auction on 3rd July, which raised £20,000 with top lots including Alison Jackson’s PRIDE Playboy, Tongue in Cheek by Hayden Kays and a portrait of Daniel Lismore by Chris Levine, portraitist of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Ellmann the portraitist has now come in for a portrait of his own.
—Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025
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“Portraitist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/portraitist. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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