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National Portrait Gallery

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Tour the Portrait Gallery’s Hall of Presidents on Presidents’ Day

It’s Presidents’ Day—come out to the National Portrait Gallery and pay your respects to the guys who garnered us three days of discount shopping

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Smithsonian Weekend Events: Snarf Chocolate and Dish on Lincoln

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Poll: Did Shepard Fairey Break the Law?

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Smithsonian Events, 2/2-6: Buddy Holly and Black History Month

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Weekend Events: African Pearls, Another Inaugural Ball, and a String Quartet

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Smithsonian Events, 1/26-30: Michael J. Fox and Mali’s Architectural Treasures

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Weekend Events: It’s an Inauguration Celebration!

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The Artist Behind the Obama Portrait: Shepard Fairey

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UPDATED: Iconic Obama Portrait at National Portrait Gallery

The artist, Robert Anderson of Darien, Connecticut, was a Yale classmate of President George W. Bush (above, detail).

George W. Bush’s Portrait at National Portrait Gallery

The official portrait of the 43rd president, striking a relaxed pose, enters the Smithsonian collections

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Around the Web: New Yorker Photographers on National Portrait Gallery Subjects

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Smithsonian Events Week of 1/5-1/11: Bette Davis and George W. Bush

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Barack Obama is the Man of the Moment at the Portrait Gallery

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Smithsonian Events Week of 12/15-21

Photograph of Alec Soth taken in his studio

At the Portrait Gallery, Alec Soth Likes Looking at Women

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Smithsonian Events Week of December 8-14

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Smithsonian Says Goodbye to Odetta

A look back on the performer’s life

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What’s Up at the Smithsonian This Week 11/10-16

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Our Presidential Exit Poll

Watch our very own “gallery” exit poll in the hall of America’s Presidents in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery

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Pondering Presidential Portraits on Election Day

Watch “Around the Mall” bloggers discover where the 43rd presidential portrait will go in the Hall of Presidents

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