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On view: August 27, 2021 – May 30, 2022 The National Portrait Gallery presents the first large-scale retrospective of work by Hung Liu, the acclaimed Chinese-born American artist.
July 30, 2021 - January 16, 2023
The nation’s only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House.
Exhibition extended through Oct. 23, 2022
September 18, 2020 - January 23, 2022
National Portrait Gallery 8th and G Streets NW Washington, DC 20001
Open to the public Wednesday–Sunday 11:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Season three of the PORTRAITS podcast is now available.
Hung Liu's extraordinary artistic vision reminds us that even in the midst of despair, there is hope, and when people help each other, there is joy.
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Over the course of nearly two decades in the mid-19th century, Jeremiah Gurney established...
Chuck Close focused on large-scale heads for most of his long career as an artist, varying his...
Learn about the life and career of this accomplished nuclear physicist.