Against patterned blue wallpaper like a rich backdrop in a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger, a young woman with a buzz ...

As Opie has said of the gallery’s collection: “Everybody’s looking at everybody.” Perhaps everyone is also imagining everyone – not only in the moment their portrait was made, but also who they were ...

In Trump’s America, the question of what art is shown in national galleries and museums is a potent one, and the artist Catherine Opie believes she knows when she’s not welcome.

A photo portrait of Sir Elton John, David Furnish and their two teenage sons has been unveiled by the National Portrait ...

As President Donald Trump seeks to reshape museums and other cultural institutions, historian James Millward has been “guerrilla teaching” visitors about changes that have been made.

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., has unveiled the latest addition to its permanent collection: a radiant, full-length portrait of television icon Oprah Winfrey, painted ...

A portrait of Oprah Winfrey was unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Wednesday. Shawn Michael Warren can thank the mural for connecting him with his very famous muse. Three years ...

As a National Portrait Gallery exhibition proves, he was especially good at depicting people painfully adrift from themselves.

This November, Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will celebrate “Portrait of a Nation,” adding four new works to its collection. This year, the honorees are poet Joy Harjo, academic Temple ...

As part of its artistic director Victoria Siddall's vision, the NPG is creating permanent works of art during its gala; ...