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Portraits of Resistance

The inaugural show of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
February 2008 | By Lucinda Moore

"We spent a lot of time trying to figure out why people are scared of art," says Smithsonian American Art Museum chief curator Eleanor Harvey. "We decided to let the art tell stories about how we got to be the country we are today, so art is not a tangent to your life, but an illumination."

Grand Reopening: Speaking of Art

Two museums return home and invite visitors to engage in "conversations."
July 2006 | By Arthur Lubow

Picturing Pocahontas

An image at the National Portrait Gallery may be the truest account we have of the Indian princess
January 1999 | By John F. Ross

Around the Mall & Beyond

Alan Fern, director of the National Portrait Gallery, offers his insights on the art of reading a portrait
December 1995 | By Michael Kernan


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