The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced Michael S. Hollander of Chicago as the new chair of its 25-person commission, effective immediately. Hollander will lead the commission in its ...

Honorees” is curated by Rhea L. Combs, director of curatorial affairs for the Portrait Gallery. The exhibition will feature ...

"President William McKinley" by Francisco Oller y Cestero, oil on canvas, 1898. Collection of Dr. Eduardo Pérez and family. The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced “1898: U.S.

Selected Artworks Will Be Exhibited in Major Exhibition and Tour madison-hayes The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced an open call from Oct. 2 through Jan. 26, 2024, for submissions ...

This November, Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will celebrate “Portrait of a Nation,” adding four new works to its collection. This year, the honorees are poet Joy Harjo, academic Temple ...

It was a dream to be asked by the Smithsonian to paint a portrait of disability icon Temple Grandin. Here's what I hope you see in this painting.

(JTA) — More than 50 years after she became the first woman to be ordained by an American rabbinical seminary, Rabbi Sally Priesand has set another precedent: Beginning later this year, she will be ...

President Donald Trump’s assault of the Smithsonian Institution and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives continued on Friday. The president announced on Truth Social that he was firing ...

“There seems to be a chilling of opportunity rather than an enlivening and enhancing of opportunity. But to me, that should just be the spark that energizes you to get out there and do things,” ...