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Celebrating President’s Day with Art

MuseumsFebruary 21, 2022596Views 0Likes 2Comments

At the heart of the National Portrait Gallery's second floor resides the "America's Presidents" exhibit. It contains a variety of artwork, from oil paintings to photographs to sculptures. Each one shows a president in a unique and different light. This is the only complete collection of presidential portraits outside of the White House and a…

Monuments Men Diary Donated to the National Archives

EventsMay 2, 2019373Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Monuments Men Foundation donated the diary of S. Lane Faison, Jr. to the National Archives this week. This continues the piecemeal reconstruction of records related to the immense theft of art in Europe by the Nazi during WWII. Now 74 years after the meticulous kept Nazi records fell in Allied hands, the records are…

Clementine Hunter: Life on Melrose Plantation

MuseumsOctober 12, 2018497Views 0Likes 0Comments

Like the artist herself, the exhibit at the National Museum of African American History and Culture is small and unassuming. There are only thirteen painting on three walls, even though Clementine painted thousands in her lifetime. The point, however, is not to flood you with information and art, but to allow the simple life in…

The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers

MuseumsNovember 14, 2017529Views 0Likes 0Comments

"The Sweat of Their Face: Portraying American Workers" is a new exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery. It's aim is to take a look at the way America has shown workers in art through history. As you go through the exhibit, you see workers in many mediums including paintings, photographs, sculptures, and even video. Child laborers,…