As President Donald Trump tries to fire the director of the National Portrait Gallery, Julian Raven is holding out hope that his work will be recognized more and more.

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From Tudor art to The Wire, the gallery’s new director shares the music, books and places that have shaped her.

As predicted, Donald Trump’s attempt at flexing his might at The Smithsonian is hitting some snarls; plus, Blake takes The Odeon, and more in this week’s column.

Sherald’s rise to prominence began with her powerful portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama, unveiled in 2018 at the National Portrait Gallery. The portrait broke new ground, not just for its ...

Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, stepped down from her role Friday, two weeks after President Donald Trump said on social media that he had fired her. The ...

Jenny Saville’s peers shunned painting in favour of alternative media such as photography, video and installations, the artist stuck to her guns and, unapologetically, worked on canvases as large as ...

Jenny Saville’s huge new show at the National Portrait Gallery shows her as a student of the Old Masters and 20th Century abstract artists, but with a visceral magic all of her own that feels utterly ...

According to her biography on the National Portrait Gallery website, Sajet was the first woman to serve as director of the Smithsonian’s art museum in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, per the bio ...

President Trump fired the National Portrait Gallery director on Friday for being “highly partisan” and a “supporter” of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). “Upon the request and ...

Arts & Entertainments National Portrait Gallery head steps down following Trump attempt to fire her. Kim Sajet’s resignation comes days after the Smithsonian said it would review content across ...