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 ...

Laurie Simmons and Allan McCollum: Untitled from the series Actual Photos (ZM-1-Y), 1985. Silver dye bleach print; edition 1 of 10 10 x 7 ⅞ in. (sheet) Gift 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 ...