Tseng Kwong Chi by Tseng Kwong Chi, selenium-toned gelatin silver print, 1979 (printed 2017). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquisition made possible through federal support from ...

Even while museums are closed, art matters in our lives. In this series, Lagniappe presents a different work each week from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a ...

Portraits are more than paint and canvas. They're a chance to look history in the eye. A revitalized and refurbished National Portrait Gallery is open again in Washington, D.C. Director Marc Pachter ...

Long before the rise of photography in the mid-1800s, wealthy Europeans sometimes immortalized their lovers or children with miniature watercolor portraits of their eye. These eye portraits were worn ...

Mason ALTON — After a great embrace the first time, the Community Portrait Project continues. In last year’s Community Portrait Project, artist Monica Mason, of Alton, who conceptualized the series of ...

Drawing from the National Portrait Gallery’s vast collection of self-portraits, this exhibition explores and thinks critically about how American artists have chosen to portray themselves over the ...