Cecil Beaton (1904–1980) was one of 20th-century Britain’s Renaissance men. Establishing himself as a self-trained photographer in his youth, he soon proved his creative mettle as a costume designer, ...

Narrated by Rupert Everett, “Love, Cecil” is a suitably devoted portrait of the Academy Award-winning painter, photographer, designer, dandy, author and self-professed social climber Cecil Beaton.

The fizzy Cecil Beaton show at the Museum of the City of New York focuses on this clever, prolific gadabout’s relationship with Manhattan over almost 50 years of ceaseless transatlantic activity. The ...

“People say, ‘Beaton was such a snob,’ ” Immordino Vreeland says. “He was a snob, but he was so much more than that.” Indeed, Beaton was a prolific photographer, shooting luminaries like Queen ...

A collection of fashion illustrations owned by royal photographer Sir Cecil Beaton have gone on sale for £20,000. The drawings were given to the current seller, who is remaining anonymous, by diarist ...