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Tag Archives: National Portrait Gallery
We Miss Them So Much
Earlier this month, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery unveiled the official portraits of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. I wasn’t much impressed by the images of the paintings that I saw … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Museums, USA
Tagged National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C
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London Obsessions
I’m a fanatical museum goer, and I’ve visited all of London’s important cultural institutions, but I’m a lazy slacker compared to Jo Hunt, Mary Rees and Linda Smither. These three Londoners share an obsession to visit every museum in London. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Europe, History, Museums, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged British Museum, London, National Portrait Gallery, Tate Modern
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E Pluribus Unum
Inspired by the motto of the United States—E Pluribus Unum or Out of Many, One—Cuban-American artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada has created a monumental landscape portrait on the National Mall in Washington DC. The portrait image is a composite highlighting the diversity … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Tourism, USA
Tagged National Mall, National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
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