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06/28/11 The Queen and Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh by Thomas Struth, 2011. ŠRoyal Household/Thomas Struth. LONDON.- A major new portrait photograph of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh has been commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery , London, and unveiled as part of its touring exhibition The Queen: Art & Image, which opens on Saturday 25 June at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.
06/23/11 The former director of the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum talks to Angela Wintle about his childhood, dressing for success and living at the Laskette in Herefordshire.
06/03/11 A new HIV/AIDS display at the National Museum of American History faced internal scrutiny in the wake of the "Hide/Seek" controversy at the National Portrait Gallery, according to a co-curator.
05/31/11 WASHINGTON - It's hard to keep up with David McCullough at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. "I think it's one of the real treasures of the capital city, really of the country," says the 77-year-old historian during a recent afternoon interview, excited as a schoolboy as he walks quickly along hallways, up and down stairs, from room to room.
05/29/11 It's hard to keep up with David McCullough at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.
05/26/11 It's hard to keep up with David McCullough at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.
05/25/11 WASHINGTON - It's hard to keep up with David McCullough at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.
05/25/11 HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer WASHINGTON It's hard to keep up with David McCullough at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. "I think it's one of the real treasures of the capital city, really of the country," says the 77-year-old historian during a recent afternoon interview, excited as a school boy as he walks quickly along hallways, up and down stairs, from room to room. "Here's the ...
05/25/11 It's hard to keep up with David McCullough at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. "I think it's one of the real treasures of the capital city, really of the country," says the 77-year-old historian during a recent afternoon interview, excited as a school boy as he walks quickly along hallways, ...
05/12/11 Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth by Mathew Brady Studio Glass plate collodion negative. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection.
05/04/11 In celebration of the spirit of innovation, the National Inventors Hall of Fame today honors its 2011 Inductees with a formal Induction ceremony, taking place at the historic Patent Office Building, now home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington, D.C. ? The influence of this year's Inductees can be seen throughout the economy, from the medical ...
03/25/11 A portrait of Pedro Martinez is being unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Martinez, who won the World Series with the Red Sox in 2004, plans to attend the unveiling today. Yesterday, he conducted a baseball mini-clinic to promote exercise for children.
03/24/11 A portrait of former Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez , an artist of sorts in his own right, will be unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, on Friday. The portrait, which features Pedro in a Dominican Republic uniform and is titled "El Orgullo y la Determinaci?n" (Pride and Determination), is an oil painting by Cambridge artist Susan Miller-Havens. Its ...
01/21/11 LOS ANGELES--G. Wayne Clough, the Smithsonian Institution's chief executive, said Thursday that Republican House leaders' threats of budgetary consequences factored into his Nov. 30 decision to remove a video from a National Portrait Gallery exhibition of work by artists who are primarily gay and lesbian. In a brief interview after speaking at the Town Hall Los Angeles public issues forum at the ...
12/24/10 Philip Kennicott of the Washington Post jumps off the deep end of irrationality today by calling for the resignation of Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough over his decision to remove David Wojnarovicz 's "A Fire in My Belly" from the National Portrait Gallery's "Hide/Seek" exhibition.
12/20/10 New Yorkers took to the streets Sunday to demand that the Smithsonian restore the David Wojnarowicz video A Fire in My Belly to an exhibition on same-sex desire at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
12/16/10 There was a moment when I cringed while sitting in the NY Public Library's auditorium beside the National Portrait Gallery's director, Martin Sullivan , listening to his curators discuss the NPG's controversial "Hide/Seek" show.
12/15/10 The Andy Warhol Foundation has threatened to withhold future funding to the Smithsonian Institution unless a video removed from the National Portrait Gallery after a Catholic group complained is restored.
12/14/10 Washington - The Andy Warhol Foundation said on Monday it will withhold future funding from the Smithsonian Institution unless it restores a video removed from the National Portrait Gallery after a Roman Catholic group complained.
12/13/10 WASHINGTON - The Andy Warhol Foundation said Monday it will withhold future funding to the Smithsonian Institution unless a video removed from the National Portrait Gallery after a Catholic group complained is restored.
12/10/10 A little more than a week has gone by since Smithsonian secretary G. Wayne Clough's fateful decision to bow to pressure from conservatives and remove a work by David Wojnarowicz from the "Hide/Seek" show at the National Portrait Gallery, and the institution is in crisis. Last night, a draft statement obtained by ARTINFO, written by National Portrait Gallery director Martin Sullivan and ... | 
