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Welcome to the online press room for the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.
Here journalists will find contacts, press releases, and information concerning the museum's renovation, public programs, and exhibitions.
Museum News
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Announces
Finalists and Shortlisted Artists for the “Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2009”
Press Release
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Presents
Faces of the Frontier: Photographic Portraits from the American West, 1845-1924Sept. 25 through Jan. 24, 2010
Press Release
Warholapalooza! Presented in conjunction with “Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture” - Saturday, June 20, 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Press Release
"One Life: Thomas Paine, the Radical Founding" - Aug. 7 through Nov. 29
Fact Sheet
"Portraiture Now: Communities" - Nov. 6 through July 5, 2010
Fact Sheet
Portrait of Eunice Kennedy Shriver Created by David Lenz Installed May 9 at the
National Portrait Gallery
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“Reflections/Refractions: Self-Portraiture in the Twentieth Century”
Open at the National Portrait Gallery April 10 through Aug. 16
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Roz Chast, Harold Holzer, Jamaica Kincaid and John Waters Participate in Second Annual “American Pictures Distinguished Lecture Series”
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"Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture" at the National Portrait Gallery March 27 through Aug. 2
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National Portrait Gallery Acquires Shepard Fairey's Portrait
of President-elect Barack Obama
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"National Portrait Gallery Presents President and Mrs. Bush's Portraits
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"Presidents in Waiting" Opens at the National Portrait Gallery Jan. 20, 2009
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The National Portrait Gallery Releases Advance Special Exhibition Schedule, 2008 - 2009
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"Portraiture Now: Feature Photography" Opens at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Nov.26
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Innovative Lunder Conservation Center Receives Prestigious Keck Award
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Photograph of Michael Phelps by Ryan McGinley to be installed at the National Portrait
Gallery
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The National Portrait Gallery Presents "Tokens of Affection and Regard:
Photographic Jewelry and Its Makers"
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The National Portrait Gallery Presents "One Life: The Mask of Lincoln"
in Celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th Anniversary
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"Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture"
Opens at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery May 9
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Herblock's Presidents: 'Puncturing Pomposity'
Opens at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery May 2
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Zaida Ben-Yusuf: New York Portrait Photographer
Opens at the National Portrait Gallery April 11
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Four Pre-eminent Figures in American Culture Participate in Inaugural "American Pictures Distinguished Lecture Series"
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Martin E. Sullivan Named Director of the
Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
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RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture
Opens Feb. 8 at the National Portrait Gallery
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Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, Designed by Norman Foster,
Open to the Public Nov. 18
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Friends and Family Festival Highlights Grand Opening of the Smithsonian’s Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard Nov. 18
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Grand Opening on July 1 for National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Overview: Renovation of Historic Home for Two Smithsonian Museums
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Building History and Architectural Chronology
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"Temple of Invention: History of a National Landmark" Fact Sheet
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Two Smithsonian Museums to Open Innovative Lunder Conservation Center, the Only Fine Art Facility of its Kind
Press release
The National Portrait Gallery "America's Presidents" Fact Sheet
Press release
Media Only:
Bethany Morookian Bentley
bentleyb@si.edu
Phone: (202) 633-8293
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