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Recent Acquisitions, 2025
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Recent Acquisitions, 2025

On view: November 3, 2023- October 19, 2025
First floor

Up Close with George Washington
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Up Close with George Washington

Google Arts and Culture On-line exhibition

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Museum Location

National Portrait Gallery
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20001

Hours

Open 7 days a week
11:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Closed Dec. 25

Highlights

  • A painted portrait of an African-American man in jeans, an American flag shirt, and cowboy hat.

    Amy Sherald: American Sublime

    Opens September 19, 2025
    The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will present Amy Sherald: American Sublime, the largest, most comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s work to date. Organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), “American Sublime” is the artist’s first major museum survey, bringing together paintings made from 2007 to the present.

  • A daguerreotype of a balding man in profile wearing a suit

    From Shadow to Substance: Grand-Scale Portraits During Photography’s Formative Years

    Photographers seeking customers during the medium’s early years often urged the public to “Secure the shadow, ere the substance fade.” Hinting at life’s fragility, this tagline underscored photography’s ability to capture a fleeting likeness and preserve it for posterity.

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