President Donald Trump is terminating the head of the National Portrait Gallery, continuing his aggressive moves to reshape the federal government’s cultural institutions.

The Smithsonian Institution on Monday emphasized its “nonpartisan stature” and said “all personnel decisions” are made by its secretary more than a week after President Donald Trump said he would remove the director of the National Portrait Gallery.

As President Donald Trump tries to fire the director of the National Portrait Gallery, Julian Raven is holding out hope that his work will be recognized more and more.

Valued at £50m, Portrait of Mai by Sir Joshua Reynolds is on show at the city's Cartwright Hall, in Manningham. The painting, which depicts the first Polynesian to visit Britain,