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National Portrait Gallery Announces the 2025 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
The first prize winner will receive $25,000 and a commission to portray a remarkable living American for the Smithsonian museum’s collection.
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National Portrait Gallery Announces Director’s Essay Prize Winner for 2022
This year’s winner, Dr. Tiffany E. Barber, will present a paper related to her award-winning essay in Washington, DC, on Friday, September 9.
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The National Portrait Gallery Presents The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today
Works by finalists of the 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition showcase the changing genre of portraiture and its ability to highlight a multitude of life experiences.
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The National Portrait Gallery Announces New Online Programs to Kick Off 2022
The first lecture is on the relationship between early portrait photography and diverse notions of US identity during the Gilded Age. Register to attend on January 25.
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PORTAL at the National Portrait Gallery Presents Three Online Lectures This Fall
The Greenberg Steinhauser Forum in American Portraiture Conversation Series continues with presentations on Hung Liu, African Methodist Episcopal aesthetics, and the Oak Flat conflict.
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The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Presents “Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands”
The exhibition will be on view from August 27, 2021 to May 30, 2022.
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The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Presents The Obama Portraits Tour
Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald’s iconic portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama will travel to five cities across the US from June 2021 through May 2022.
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National Portrait Gallery Presents a Conversation With Artists Antonius-Tín Bui and David Antonio Cruz
Portrait Gallery Curator Taína Caragol will moderate the discussion via Zoom on Tuesday, January 12.
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National Portrait Gallery Is Accepting Entries for the 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
The first-prize winner will receive $25,000 and a commission to portray a remarkable living American for the Portrait Gallery’s collection.
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Online Conversations About Contemporary Portraiture Continue at the National Portrait Gallery
The Greenberg Steinhauser Forum in American Portraiture Conversation Series continues with two panels of curators and artists exploring issues of portraiture through performance art.
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Online Discussions on LGBTQ+ Portraiture and More by the National Portrait Gallery
PORTAL, the National Portrait Gallery’s Scholarly Center, announces a series of Zoom webinars featuring artists, curators, and scholars in conversation about portraiture and performance art.