Portraiture
Fishes Were Julie Packard’s Wishes for Her New Smithsonian Portrait
National Portrait Gallery unveils a painting honoring the renowned ocean conservationist and director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium
How Women Got the Vote Is a Far More Complex Story Than the History Textbooks Reveal
An immersive story about the bold and diverse women who helped secure the right to vote is on view at the National Portrait Gallery
Museum of the Dog Takes Manhattan
After 30 years in St. Louis, the American Kennel Club museum is back in the Big Apple, with artifacts, portraits and a kiosk that matches people to dogs
Breakthrough Korean Feminist Artist Yun Suknam in Her First U.S. Museum Exhibition
With an assemblage portrait of her mother as the focal piece, the artist’s work is surrounded by the works of those who inspired her
History's Selfies: Looking at Artists Looking at Themselves
National Portrait Gallery closes out 50-year anniversary celebration after widening the view to include more women, diverse backgrounds and emerging media
Employer Who Pushed Van Gogh to New Career Path Revealed in Studio Photo
An 1870s photograph of Charles Obach, one-time manager of the London Goupil Gallery branch, was found in the National Portrait Gallery's collections
Why Louisa May Alcott's 'Little Women' Endures
The author of a new book about the classic says the 19th-century novel contains life lessons for all, especially for boys
Madrid’s Prado Museum Will Spotlight Pioneering Duo of Female Renaissance Artists
Lavinia Fontana is widely considered the first professional female artist, while Sofonisba Anguissola served as Philip II of Spain’s court painter
The Portrait That Captures the Defining Features of John McCain’s Life and Career
A photograph of the straight-talking Arizona senator goes on view In Memoriam at the Portrait Gallery
How Can Museums Democratize Portraiture?
As the National Portrait Gallery turns 50, it is asking how well its collections represent the people—and where there is room for improvement
Have Researchers Unraveled the Six-Decade Mystery of a Kansas Museum Portrait?
The team believes it has identified the rightful artist behind ‘Mrs. Thomas Pelham,’ a nearly life-size portrait depicting an 18th-century aristocrat
This Initiative Is Loaning Artwork Back to the Communities They're Most Associated With
Britain's National Portrait Gallery's 'Coming Home' initiative will loan portraits to the towns and cities most closely associated with their subjects
Rare Landscape Attributed to Lucian Freud Discovered Underneath Another Work
Freud's friend, the little-known artist Tom Wright appears to have recycled a canvas that was left unfinished by the famed portraitist
How Daguerreotype Photography Reflected a Changing America
The National Portrait Gallery brings the eerie power of a historic medium into focus
Rarely Seen 19th-Century Silhouette of a Same-Sex Couple Living Together Goes On View
A new show, featuring the paper cutouts, reveals unheralded early Americans, as well as contemporary artists working with this old art form
Famed for “Immortal” Cells, Henrietta Lacks is Immortalized in Portraiture
Lacks's cells gave rise to medical miracles, but ethical questions of propriety and ownership continue to swirl
How Portraiture Gave Rise to the Glamour of Guns
American portraiture with its visual allure and pictorial storytelling made gun ownership desirable
In Persia’s Dynastic Portraiture, Bejeweled Thrones and Lavish Decor Message Authority
Paintings and 19th century photographs offer a rare window into the lives of the royal family
In Obama's Official Portrait the Flowers Are Cultivated From the Past
Kehinde Wiley’s painting is full of historical art references says Kim Sajet, the director of the National Portrait Gallery
The Presidential Portrait That Was the 'Ugliest Thing' L.B.J. Ever Saw
Lyndon Johnson’s cantankerous nature carried over to even the more engaging parts of being Commander in Chief
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