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National Portrait Gallery

Posted inOpinion

Artist Sues Smithsonian After It Declined to Display His 16-Foot Painting of Trump

by Sarah Rose Sharp March 18, 2019March 19, 2019

Reportedly, the National Portrait Gallery’s director told Julian Raven the painting was “too political,” “too big,” and “no good.”

Posted inIn Brief

Nan Goldin Says She’ll Boycott National Portrait Gallery If It Accepts £1M Sackler Donation

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber February 19, 2019June 3, 2019

Goldin says she was invited to host a retrospective of her work at the National Portrait Gallery but will refuse to participate if they accept the hefty donation from the Sackler family.

Posted inArt

Photographing the Women of British Art

Avatar photo by Tim Keane January 19, 2019January 18, 2019

Mayotte Magnus’s Illuminating Women features stage actors, novelists, artists, editors, and publishers whose breakthroughs coincided with the Feminist movement of the 1970s.

Posted inNews

Obama Portraits Double Annual Attendance at the National Portrait Gallery

Avatar photo by Jasmine Weber October 5, 2018October 5, 2018

As the museum approaches its 50th anniversary on October 7, the Smithsonian gallery announced it saw two million visitors this fiscal year.

Posted inArt

An Outline of Over 200 Years of Silhouettes

by Claire Voon August 14, 2018August 15, 2018

The oldest object on view documents an ugly reality, showing on brown paperboard one of the earliest known images of a slave in the US, accompanied by a bill of sale.

Posted inArt

Titus Kaphar and Ken Gonzales-Day Reveal the Fictions in Depictions

Avatar photo by Cara Ober June 15, 2018August 12, 2018

Although both artists in Unseen critique omissions in the art historical cannon and offer compelling counter narratives, it is not enough to place their work in neighboring museum galleries and call it a show.

Posted inArt

The Obama Portraits and the History of African American Portraiture

by Steven Nelson March 14, 2018August 25, 2021

Like many African American portraitists, Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley represent the Obamas as themselves, and as more than themselves.

Posted inArt

It’s OK to Feel Ambivalent About Michelle Obama’s Official Portrait

by Chiquita Paschal February 15, 2018April 17, 2018

Too often, women of color are expected to support black artists in the abstract — sometimes at the expense of meaningful, critical dialogue.

Posted inNews

Obamas Open Up About Their Newly Unveiled Official Portraits

by Blair Murphy February 12, 2018February 14, 2018

At the unveiling this morning, Michelle Obama spoke about her “instant connection” with Amy Sherald, while Barack Obama said he asked Kehinde Wiley “to bring it down just a touch.”

Posted inIn Brief

Official Obama Portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald Were Just Unveiled

by Claire Voon February 12, 2018February 12, 2018

The long-awaited portraits were presented at a ceremony today at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The internet was quick to respond.

Posted inIn Brief

Artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald Chosen to Paint Official Obama Portraits for the Smithsonian

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian October 13, 2017October 28, 2017

Next year the portraits of the Obamas will enter the collection of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and judging by the choice of artists they’re sure to be impressive.

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Winner of a BP Portrait Award Donates Share of Prize Money to Anti-BP Protests

by Claire Voon September 8, 2017September 12, 2017

The 26-year-old winner of this year’s BP Young Artist Award donated £1,000 to fund Greenpeace’s anti-BP efforts.

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