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Press Releases

  • Preview image for National Portrait Gallery Announces “Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees,”  press release

    National Portrait Gallery Announces “Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees,”

    Nov 1, 2022

  • Preview image for National Portrait Gallery Announces Elsa María Meléndez as Winner of the 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition’s People’s Choice Award  press release

    National Portrait Gallery Announces Elsa María Meléndez as Winner of the 2022 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition’s People’s Choice Award

    Oct 26, 2022

  • Preview image for National Portrait Gallery Presents “Kinship”  press release

    National Portrait Gallery Presents “Kinship”

    Sep 28, 2022

  • Preview image for National Portrait Gallery Presents “One Life: Maya Lin”  press release

    National Portrait Gallery Presents “One Life: Maya Lin”

    Sep 1, 2022

  • Preview image for National Portrait Gallery Announces Presenters and Host for the 2022 Portrait of a Nation Awards Nov. 12  press release

    National Portrait Gallery Announces Presenters and Host for the 2022 Portrait of a Nation Awards Nov. 12

    Aug 23, 2022

  • Preview image for National Portrait Gallery Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month and Día de Los Muertos with Festivals and Installation by Artists MasPaz and Guache press release

    National Portrait Gallery Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month and Día de Los Muertos with Festivals and Installation by Artists MasPaz and Guache

    Aug 18, 2022

  • Preview image for National Portrait Gallery Announces Winners of the Museum’s  National 2022 Teen Portrait Competition press release

    National Portrait Gallery Announces Winners of the Museum’s National 2022 Teen Portrait Competition

    Jul 25, 2022

  • Preview image for National Portrait Gallery and The Atlantic Announce “Perspectives: The Atlantic’s Writers at the National Portrait Gallery” press release

    National Portrait Gallery and The Atlantic Announce “Perspectives: The Atlantic’s Writers at the National Portrait Gallery”

    Jun 29, 2022

  • Preview image for National Portrait Gallery Presents “I Dream a World: Selections From Brian Lanker’s Portraits of Remarkable Black Women” press release

    National Portrait Gallery Presents “I Dream a World: Selections From Brian Lanker’s Portraits of Remarkable Black Women”

    Jun 15, 2022

  • Preview image for National Portrait Gallery Announces Winner of the 2022 Director’s  Essay Prize for Scholars in the Field of Portraiture press release

    National Portrait Gallery Announces Winner of the 2022 Director’s Essay Prize for Scholars in the Field of Portraiture

    Jun 8, 2022

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Concetta Duncan
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