Visitors photographed a portrait of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, painted by the artist Robert McCurdy, near a portrait of ...

Amy Sherald said the National Portrait Gallery was considering removing her piece, Trans Forming Liberty, a painting that ...

As President Trump bends the federal government to fit his agenda, he is also gilding the White House to suit his aesthetics.

Artist Amy Sherald said there was a dispute over her painting "Trans Forming Liberty," which depicts a trans woman with pink ...

The artist said that she made the decision after she said she learned that her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty ...

President Donald Trump is terminating the director of the National Portrait Gallery, he announced on Truth Social Friday. In the post, he said he would be terminating Director Kim Sajet “upon ...

Mathew Brady, known as the father of photojournalism for his documentation of the Civil War, also won acclaim for nuanced portraits of famous figures.

Last week, President Trump announced that he had fired the head of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. “Upon the request and recommendation of many people, I am herby terminating the ...

Get our Newsletter! James Earl Carter, Jr. by Robert Clark Templeton (1929–91). Oil on canvas, 1980. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; partial gift of the 1977 Inaugural Committee.

Attendees got a special treat at the event, hosted by the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, when the museum unveiled a new portrait of President Frank Underwood.

The new White House portraits of the first lady and the president tell a story of hard-nosed power and all-encompassing anger. The returning first couple have released their new official portraits ...

Hosted by the museum’s director, Kim Sajet, PORTRAITS explores art, biography, history and identity. Gabrielle Obusek The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery announced the launch of season ...