National Portrait Gallery Acquires Earliest Known Photograph of a US First Lady c. 1846 Daguerreotype of Dolley Madison Joins First Known Photograph of US President July 1, 2024 Portrait Gallery New Acquisitions
National Portrait Gallery Announces “This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance” On view July 12–April 20, 2025 June 11, 2024 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Presents “Picturing the Presidents: Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes from the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection” May 16, 2024 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Presents “Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939” On View April 26–Feb. 23, 2025 March 27, 2024 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Celebrates Women’s History Month With a Festival, Programs and Exhibitions February 28, 2024 Portrait Gallery Public Programs
National Portrait Gallery Presents “Star Power: Photographs From Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell” On View March 1–Jan. 5, 2025 February 1, 2024 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
National Portrait Gallery Reveals a Newly Commissioned Portrait of Oprah Winfrey by Chicago-Based Artist Shawn Michael Warren On View Beginning Dec. 13 December 13, 2023 Portrait Gallery New Acquisitions
Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery Acquire Visionary Film Installation “Lessons of the Hour” by Isaac Julien First Joint Acquisition Between the Two Smithsonian Museums Debuts in Washington, D.C., Friday, Dec. 8 November 2, 2023 American Art Museum Portrait Gallery New Acquisitions
National Portrait Gallery to Premiere Season Five of Its PORTRAITS Podcast October 17, 2023 Portrait Gallery Public Programs
National Portrait Gallery Premieres More Than 20 Newly Acquired Portraits and Two New Commissions in “Recent Acquisitions” On View Nov. 3–Oct. 27, 2024 October 6, 2023 Portrait Gallery New Acquisitions
National Portrait Gallery Announces Jurors and Call for Entries for Next Triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Selected Artworks Will Be Exhibited in Major Exhibition and Tour September 27, 2023 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions Public Programs
National Portrait Gallery Presents “Forces of Nature: Voices That Shaped Environmentalism” On View Oct. 20–Sept. 2, 2024 September 21, 2023 Portrait Gallery Exhibitions
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