The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., will show newly commissioned and acquired works paying tribute to filmmaker Steven Spielberg, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, scientist Temple ...

The exhibition will feature the premiere of two commissioned portraits, one of honoree Temple Grandin and another of honoree ...

Hosted by the museum’s director, Kim Sajet, PORTRAITS explores art, biography, history and identity. Gabrielle Obusek The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery announced the launch of season six of ...

This November, Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will celebrate “Portrait of a Nation,” adding four new works to its collection. This year, the honorees are poet Joy Harjo, academic Temple ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has snagged the first known portrait of an American First Lady, buying the daguerreotype of Dolley Madison in its original leather case at Sotheby’s for ...

Amy Sherald — the visionary behind Michelle Obama’s iconic portrait — is once again making history. Next fall, she will become the first contemporary Black artist to have a solo exhibition at the ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced Matilda Myers of Maryland and Kate Stermer of California as winners ...

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, the Cuban-born American artist, was known for stretching the bounds of portraiture. His most famous work, “Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in LA), which consists of 175 pounds of ...

Myers, a Maryland high school student, has been named one of two winners of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery’s ...