The acquisitions, part of a three-year project to increase representation of women, include the gallery’s first-ever self-portrait by a Black woman.
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UK’s National Portrait Gallery Ends BP Sponsorship as British Museum Faces Pressure
The institution’s announcement follows a protest at the British Museum this weekend over oil giant BP’s sponsorship of its Stonehenge exhibition.
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Obama Portraits Tour Adds New Stops In San Francisco and Boston
The paintings were set to return to Washington, DC, but will instead go to the de Young Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Portraits of Anthony Fauci and Ava DuVernay Will Hang in the Smithsonian
Their portraits will be included along with those of Venus and Serena Williams, José Andrés, Clive Davis, and Marian Wright Edelman.
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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 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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Who Should Create Trump’s Doomed Presidential Portrait?
Hyperallergic has a few suggestions.
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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.