National Portrait Gallery

Sir Isaac Julien’s moving image installation Lessons of the Hour (2019) interweaves period reenactments across five screens to create a vivid picture of nineteenth-century activist, writer, orator, and philosopher Frederick Douglass. Through .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is proud to present the winners and finalists of the 2025 Teen Portrait Competition! Matilda Myers of Maryland and Kate Stermer of California have been announced as winners of the 2025 Teen Portrait .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.

The Outwin 2025 features 35 portraits (by 36 artists) from the museum’s seventh triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. The juried selection draws from more than 3,300 entries, and includes artist contributions from 14 states, .... Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.