Exhibitions
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Cupcake Katy
June 18, 2014 – July 6, 2014Portrait GalleryOn view is a portrait of pop singer Katy Perry by distinguished New York academic portrait painter Will Cotton.
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In Memoriam: Maya Angelou
May 29, 2014 – June 12, 2014Portrait GallerySee a portrait of writer, poet, and activist Maya Angelou (1928-1914) by painter Ross Rossin.
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One Life: Amelia Earhart
June 29, 2012 – May 27, 2013Portrait GalleryPortraits of aviator Amelia Earhart tell the story of her career and pay special attention to her work on behalf of women's rights.
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A Will of Their Own: Judith Sargent Murray and Women of Achievement in the Early Republic
April 20, 2012 – September 2, 2013Portrait GalleryLearn about the achievements of women in the late 18th century and see portraits of eight prominent American women of the period.
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Portrait of Alice Waters
January 21, 2012 – November 30, 2012Portrait GallerySee Dave Woody's portrait of chef Alice Waters, founder of the restaurant Chez Panisse and the Edible Schoolyard and champion of the Slow Food Movement.
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Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage
January 20, 2012 – May 20, 2012American Art MuseumThe images in this collection chart a new direction for Annie Leibovitz, one of America's best known living photographers, whose career now spans more than 40 years.
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Juliette Gordon Low and the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts
January 13, 2012 – January 6, 2013Portrait GalleryCelebrate the centennial of the Girl Scouts of the United States, founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912. The Girl Scouts has grown from 18 members in 1912 to 3.3 million today.
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Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories
October 14, 2011 – January 22, 2012Portrait GalleryMore than 50 artifacts and 100 works of art reveal Gertrude Stein in her many roles.
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One Life: Katharine Graham
October 1, 2010 – May 30, 2011Portrait GalleryThe exhibition narrates key moments in the Washington Post publisher's extraordinary life during extraordinary times.
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Read My Pins: The Madeline Albright Collection
June 18, 2010 – October 17, 2010Smithsonian CastleSee pins from former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's collection, highlighting her use of jewelry as a tool of diplomacy and capturing her wit.
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Women and Spirit: Catholic Sisters in AmericaJanuary 15, 2010 – April 25, 2010S. Dillon Ripley Center
See rare artifacts and photographs from more than 400 communities that explore the role of Catholic sisters in American life.
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Anne Truitt: Perception and ReflectionOctober 8, 2009 – January 3, 2010Hirshhorn Museum
This is the first major survey spanning Anne Truitt's 40-year career since her death in 2004.
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Annie Pootoogook
June 13, 2009 – October 10, 2010American Indian Museum New YorkVisit 39 works that chronicle the social, economic, and cultural realities of Inuit life in the Canadian North by Annie Pootoogook (Inuit, b. 1969).
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Louise BourgeoisFebruary 26, 2009 – May 17, 2009Hirshhorn Museum
This is the first major survey since 1995 of works by the French-born artist Louise Bourgeois (born 1911).
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Women of Our Time: Twentieth-Century Photographs
October 10, 2008 – February 1, 2009Portrait GalleryWomen of Our Time is a photographic celebration of 91 women who have challenged and changed America.
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Zaida Ben-Yusuf: New York Portrait Photographer
April 11, 2008 – September 1, 2008Portrait GalleryPhotographer Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869-1933) was an important figure in the pictorialist photography movement in late 19th and early 20th century New York.
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Directions: Amy Sillman: Third Person SingularMarch 13, 2008 – July 6, 2008Hirshhorn Museum
As part of the Directions series, see works that are intimate, psychological, and full of humor and pathos by New York-based painter Amy Sillman.
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Amelia Earhart's Personal Collection
November 12, 2007 – September 21, 2013Postal MuseumPortraits of aviator Amelia Earhart tell the story of her career and pay special attention to her work on behalf of women’s rights.
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One Life: KATE: A Centennial Celebration
November 2, 2007 – September 28, 2008Portrait GalleryThis exhibition is dedicated to Hepburn, who carefully constructed and maintained her own myth through more than 50 years on stage, screen, and television.
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Portraits of Sandra Day O'Connor
March 30, 2007 – October 8, 2007Portrait GalleryThe exhibition examines how a group of artists, The Painting Group, interprets the same subject—Justice Sandra Day O’Connor—at the same time.
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