Washingtonians likely recognize Amy Sherald as the painter behind Michelle Obama’s official First Lady portrait. Next year, the DC area will have the opportunity to experience Sherald’s work in a new ...

Kameron Neal Receives $25,000 and New Commission as First-Prize Winner of the National Triennial Gabrielle Obusek The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced Brooklyn-based artist ...

Simon Gee, originally from Walsall, died in March and "didn't want a service, as such", said friend Mark James, "but he was ...

Two Marylanders — artist Charles Willson Peale and Revolutionary War colonel Nicholas Rogers — helped shape the America we ...

Note to editors: The use of diacritics on individual names reflects personal use by the artist or sitter and does not necessarily obey Spanish grammar rules. The Smithsonian’s National Portrait ...