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Face-to-Face is the National Portrait Gallery's blog, dedicated to art, history, and the telling of American lives.

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How 10 Famous Couples First Met

February 14, 2017

The Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard full of people during an event

Celebrating Rhythm

February 8, 2017

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Aaron Burr: Forgotten Feminist

February 6, 2017

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Ancient Symbols in an American Classic

February 3, 2017

A mother and daughter sitting on the floor and playing with blocks

Explore! With The National Portrait Gallery

January 27, 2017

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Putting Together a Show: The Diary of a Portrait Gallery Historian

January 26, 2017

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The Women’s March: A Hundred Years Later

January 19, 2017

One of the things that makes the modern presidency a particularly difficult—perhaps even impossible—job is that Americans expect their presidents to be both sublimely confident and powerful statesmen but also “just plain folks,” no different, really, than you and I. Politicians, of course, know the value of the homey touch and of posing as a man of the people in order to create an appealing persona. These days a great deal of thought, and money, goes into creating an appealing image of a candidate. In our m

The Importance of Presidential Trivia

January 18, 2017

People in nineteenth century attire cutting into a large wheel of cheese

The Big Cheese: Presidential Gifts of Mammoth Proportions

January 17, 2017

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Now on View: Portrait of President-Elect Donald J. Trump

January 13, 2017

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Pop Quiz: Inauguration

January 11, 2017

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Inventing Zora Neale Hurston: The Shape-Shifting Woman and Her Portraitist

January 6, 2017

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