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

A photograph of a woman singing and wearing a beautiful robe

Lee Mingwei on Music and Sonic Blossom

April 5, 2018

A colorful collage of silhouettes of people

"HONOR KING: END RACISM!"

April 4, 2018

A group of people closely examining a sculpture in a museum gallery

What is Slow Art Day?

April 3, 2018

A picture of a man standing in front of a large photograph of a woman

Why I Am Fascinated by Portraiture

March 16, 2018

A sepia toned old photograph of a young man leaning against a rock

St. Patrick's Day in America

March 16, 2018

A photograph of a woman singing while wearing a beautiful robe

Celebrating 50 Years: Sonic Blossom

March 13, 2018

Bronze sculpture of two women on a bed, naked except for blanket in lover's embrace

Artist Patricia Cronin on "Memorial To A Marriage"

March 8, 2018

Two men dancing with their arms up in an art gallery

Dance into Spring

March 7, 2018

A golden statuette of a man

The Show Must Not Go On: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the 1968 Academy Awards

March 1, 2018

Large painting of a woman in a flowing dress against a blue background

Looking at Amy Sherald's Portrait of Michelle Obama

February 27, 2018

Painting of a young man looking at the viewer

Francis Scott Key: A Young Man and His Portrait

February 22, 2018

Painting of a man wearing a suit against a gray-green background

African Americans in Times of War

February 20, 2018

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