New Perspectives on Portraiture: Session 3 Opening Remarks and Introductions by Wendy Wick Reaves and Kate Clark Lemay From the Edgar P. Richardson Symposium: New Perspectives on Portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery, Sept. 20, and Sept. 21, 2018 Day 2, Session 3: Reassessing Subjectivity Opening Remarks: Wendy Wick Reaves Curator Emerita of Prints and Drawings, Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Introductions: Kate Clarke Lemay Historian and Director of PORTAL= Portraiture + Analysis, Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Wendy Wick Reaves, Curator Emerita of Prints and Drawings, Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, welcomes back audience members and speakers for the second day of the Edgar P. Richardson Symposium: New Perspectives on Portraiture. The symposium lectures are drawn from the new book, Beyond the Face: New Perspectives on Portraiture, which contains essays on topics such as the power dynamics between artists and sitters, the dissemination of images, and how portraiture has evolved over the years, among others. Kate Clark Lemay, Historian and Director of PORTAL, introduces the topics and speakers of the third session of New Perspectives on Portraiture. Session 3: Reassessing Subjectivity, presents case studies on how portraiture reflects the interiority and multi-dimensions of human relationships and human character.
