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An exhibition examines how art was affected by the idea of sexual identity. Its curators say the show has run into resistance at home and abroad.
Moira Cameron has been awarded first prize in the 2025 Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award for her contemplative and boldly executed self-portrait, A Life Lived. The large-scale canvas, a ...
Plus, why is a peacekeeping nation like Uganda at risk of being labeled a danger to the U.S.?
A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ...
National Portrait Gallery director steps down, weeks after Trump claimed he fired her According to the Smithsonian's Chief Spokesperson Linda St. Thomas, the director exiting the museum voluntarily.
The artwork is being loaned to museums across the country as part of the gallery’s two-year “Across the Nation” initiative ...
As predicted, Donald Trump’s attempt at flexing his might at The Smithsonian is hitting some snarls; plus, Blake takes The Odeon, and more in this week’s column.
In June, our art critic toured seven art museums from Detroit to Kansas City. National turmoil crept into the frame.
President Trump started the countdown to next summer’s Semiquincentennial with an event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Not ...
The Trump White House blasted the Smithsonian for pushing “one-sided, divisive political narratives" in an exclusive email to ...
As the US celebrates its 250th birthday in 2026, there is no better place to be during this historic milestone than ...
The director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, who was previously terminated by President Donald Trump and initially fought the firing, is now stepping down. Last month, Trump ...