Self-Portraits

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Self-Portraits. Me, Myself, and I

The history of the self-portrait

The self as a subject is one of the most fascinating and fruitful of artistic enterprises. From the 15th century to today, this collection brings together some of the best examples of self-portraiture to explore the genre?s evolution over the centuries as well as the enduring questions of selfhood and self-representation that have besieged human experience for centuries before social media and the selfie.

Is a self-portrait of an artist a medium of reflection? Or is it merely a black void, the ?false mirror,? as the Surrealist René Magritte entitled his 1928 painting of an eye? How much does it impart about contemporary notio