Exhibitions
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Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish WomenMarch 28, 2024 – August 26, 2024American Art Museum
Explore the creative practice of Amish quilters in the United States.
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In Memoriam: Rosalynn Carter, 1927–2023November 21, 2023 – January 3, 2024Portrait Gallery
Rosalynn Carter was the first lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
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Carrie Mae Weems: Looking Forward, Looking BackSeptember 22, 2023 – July 7, 2024American Art Museum
This focused exhibition pairs two projects by Carrie Mae Weems that explore the relationship of memory to history and of memory as it is mediated through performance, photography, or video.
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Composing Color: Paintings by Alma ThomasSeptember 15, 2023 – August 4, 2024American Art Museum
This exhibition provides an intimate view of Thomas’ evolving artistic practices during her most prolific period from 1959 to her death in 1978.
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Shelley Niro: 500 Year ItchMay 27, 2023 – January 1, 2024American Indian Museum New York
Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch celebrates more than a half century of Shelley Niro’s paintings, photographs, mixed-media works, and films.
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I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker's Portraits of Remarkable Black Women: Part IIFebruary 10, 2023 – September 10, 2023Portrait Gallery
The Portrait Gallery recently acquired all 75 portraits from the Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer’s series and is celebrating the acquisition with a two-part exhibition.
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One Life: Maya LinSeptember 30, 2022 – April 16, 2023Portrait Gallery
One Life: Maya Lin is the first biographical exhibition of the architect, sculptor, and environmentalist.
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I Dream a World: Selections from Brian Lanker’s Portraits of Remarkable Black Women: Part IJuly 8, 2022 – January 29, 2023Portrait Gallery
This exhibition features more than 25 photographs by Brian Lanker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer.
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Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands, 1968-2020August 27, 2021 – May 30, 2022Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery presents the first major large-scale retrospective of work by Hung Liu, the internationally acclaimed Chinese-born American artist.
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Welcome Home: A Portrait of East Baltimore, 1975-1980July 16, 2021 – January 23, 2022American Art Museum
Of the more than seventy projects funded by the NEA, the East Baltimore Survey was unique for having been conceived, led, and carried out by women photographers.
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Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United StatesNovember 13, 2020 – May 23, 2021Portrait Gallery
Every Eye Is Upon Me is the first major exhibition to explore the historical significance of this prominent position through the mode of portraiture.
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Her Story: A Century of Women WritersSeptember 18, 2020 – January 23, 2022Portrait Gallery
This exhibition drawn from the NPG collection highlights twenty-four noted women writers from the past one hundred years.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin: Early and Notable EditionsFebruary 28, 2020 – February 28, 2022African American History and Culture Museum
The exhibit shows the early and notable editions of the novel in the library’s collection, as well as its interesting publishing history.
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Hearts of Our People: Native Women ArtistsFebruary 21, 2020 – March 13, 2020Renwick Gallery
Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists, organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, is the first major thematic exhibition to explore the artistic achievements of Native women.
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Challenging the Face of Science: The Bearded Lady ProjectNovember 14, 2019 – September 26, 2021Natural History Museum
This project brings into being the missing legacy of female paleontologists to overcome societal stereotypes concerning gender and professional roles.
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In Memoriam: Jessye Norman, 1945-2019October 3, 2019 – November 3, 2019Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery commemorates the life of Jessye Norman, one of the twentieth century's greatest sopranos.
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In Memoriam: Toni MorrisonAugust 6, 2019 – November 7, 2019Portrait Gallery
Toni Morrison, the first black woman to become a Nobel laureate, wrote about the experiences of African Americans.
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One Life: Marian AndersonJune 28, 2019 – March 13, 2020Portrait Gallery
This exhibition examines the ways in which artists, concert promoters, and others wielded Marian Anderson's iconic likeness as a powerful symbol in the pursuit of civil rights.
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Women of Progress: Early Camera PortraitsJune 14, 2019 – June 13, 2021Portrait Gallery
This exhibition of daguerreotypes and ambrotypes from the 1840s and 1850s features portraits of early feminist icons.
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In Memoriam: Leah ChaseJune 4, 2019 – June 30, 2019Portrait Gallery
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and legacy of Leah Chase with a painting by Gustave Blache III.
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