President Donald Trump fired Kim Sajet, the director of the National Portrait Gallery on Friday, claiming she was "a highly ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presented the 2025 Portrait of a Nation Awards Saturday, Nov. 15, to four new honorees for their transformative contributions to American history and ...

“Brocken Spectre and Glory: Portrait of Temple Grandin” by David Lenz, oil on canvas, 2022. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired by the Marc Pachter Commissioning Fund and an ...

A historic portrait of George Washington is being auctioned off next month. It's among the paintings that inspired the first president's image on the $1 bill, and it has a colorful past.