Selfie

Selfies are everywhere: from Facebook and Twitter to newspapers and magazines, the selfie is here to stay. And everyone's doing it: from the Pope to the President of the United States, and from soap opera stars to your best friends. But did you know that selfies are centuries old? The first selfies ever discovered were made forty thousand years ago! Selfies tell us a lot about the times people lived in and about the way people created art. Did you know that Rembrandt was the selfie king of his time? Why Van Gogh cut off part of his ear? How Frida Kahlo felt when her great love broke up with her? Which Russian princess took a photo of herself in a mirror in 1914 to send to a friend? And that Andy Warhol created artworks that still influence today's selfie? You'll discover this - and much more - in Selfie.