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Focusing on Mapplethorpe’s aesthetic research, the exhibition features over 200 works, tracing the evolution of Mapplethorpe’s visual language through themes like portraits, self-portraits, flowers and nudes.
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Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 6 Feb. 2026
The injury left her with a permanent limp, creating an open invitation for every art historian and critic to psychologize her paintings as disguised self-portraits of suffering.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Stern said the artwork will be the first self-portrait he's ever created.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Some spiders are out here making self-portraits for survival.
—New Atlas, 21 Dec. 2025
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Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 6 Feb. 2026
The injury left her with a permanent limp, creating an open invitation for every art historian and critic to psychologize her paintings as disguised self-portraits of suffering.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Stern said the artwork will be the first self-portrait he's ever created.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
Some spiders are out here making self-portraits for survival.
—New Atlas, 21 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-portrait
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“Self-portrait.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-portrait. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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