The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in Washington, DC, has acquired the earliest known photograph of a US First Lady. The quarter-plate daguerreotype of former First Lady Dolley ...

In a time of shifting alliances and political uncertainty, freedom of artistic expression isn’t just culturally relevant — it ...

Catriona Kendall, Editor The National Portrait Gallery most notably houses images of every previous president, allowing visitors to reminisce about each political figure as they progress through ...

Ates Artist Amy Sherald, photographed at the Hauser & Wirth gallery in New ... The next year, first lady Michelle Obama selected Sherald to paint her official portrait, bringing unimagined public ...

Ava DuVernay, José Andrés, Clive Davis and Marian Wright Edelman were also honored during the National Portrait Gallery gala in Washington, D.C. on Saturday night There are now seven new famous ...

Last year, the National Portrait Gallery unveiled a special wall in our galleries, called “Recognize,” as a place to highlight one important person in our collection as chosen by the Portrait ...

Official portraits of the president and first lady for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s collection are currently in the works, though an unveiling has yet to be announced. Both of ...

It is no surprise, then, that presidential portraiture has been a major collecting concern at the National Portrait Gallery ever since it opened its doors in 1968. The media for presidential imagery ...