Relive the Battle of Waterloo With These Astonishing Portraits of War Reenactors
Photographer Sam Faulkner shoots a portrait series that gives a face to the more than 200,000 soldiers who fought in the historic conflict
At the Intersection of Dance and Portraiture, Vulnerability and Intimacy Prevail
Dance troupe Pilobolus and video portrait artist Bo Gehring teamed up to defy boundaries
Sponsor: National Portrait Gallery
Which of These Comedians Should the Portrait Gallery Put on Display?
This is no laughing matter for the Smithsonian museum
A Stephen Colbert Portrait Returns to the Smithsonian, With Even More Stephens
As the Comedy Central host’s show ends, his likeness(es) head to the National Portrait Gallery
Here’s What It Takes To Win the Smithsonian’s Boochever Portrait Competition
Curator Dorothy Moss gives a hint at what the jurors might be thinking in this high-stakes competition
How the Artist Behind the Giant Landscape Portrait on the Mall Used a Super-Precise GPS Satellite System as a Paintbrush
To create the National Portrait Gallery’s “facescape,” artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada got some high-tech help
Six Artists In Search of Themselves
With drama, theater, magical realism and a twist of the absurd, these artists give the self-portrait a makeover
Here’s What Happens When You Put Instant Film in a Microwave
A German photographer made a name for himself by treating his photos like last night’s leftovers
The National Portrait Gallery Memorializes Robin Williams
The National Portrait Gallery installed a photograph of Robin Williams today following his unexpected death
President Obama is Now the First President to be 3D Scanned and Printed
A Smithsonian-led team earlier this year scanned the president, creating a bust and life mask for the National Portrait Gallery
Portraiture in the Time of Mad Men
The Portrait Gallery takes a look at portraiture as it faces Abstract Expressionism in the era of Don Draper’s mid-century modernism
Seeing Art Through Google Glass
David Datuna became the first artist to incorporate the technology into a public art piece; now, “Portrait of America” is coming to the Smithsonian
Winter Olympians From the Smithsonian Vaults
From the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, a team of former champions, heroes and icons
Frida Kahlo
The Mexican artist’s myriad faces, stranger-than-fiction biography and powerful paintings come to vivid life in a new film
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