Discover the diverse contributions of women in art and history at the National Portrait Gallery's 2023-2024 exhibition, featuring 21 portraits and artwork by women.
Considering the common U.S. reaction to 9/11, we must ask: Can the U.S. do without its exceptionalist consciousness? Or is this consciousness indispensable to America?
By Patrick Lawrence
Original to ScheerPost
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Long before downtown galleries and national museums welcomed artists of color, Black artists were making distinctive and significant work around Washington.
Published 10:00 AM The National Portrait Gallery in 2010. The building is currently closed to visitors until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Wally Gobetz via Flickr.
Content warning: mentions of sexual assault, racism
“This selection of portraits seeks to inspire learning and inquiry through the celebration of women, whose stories are often unsung or missing from the written record,” the opening blurb to the exhibition. The National Portrait Gallery brought Women’s History Month to a close with a special exhibit arranged by Google Arts and Culture celebrating trailblazing American women. Portraits of women, lined up in a slideshow, come and go with a click of a button, sometimes interspersed with headings designating the theme of smaller collections.