Exhibitions
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In Memoriam: Rosalynn Carter, 1927–2023
November 21, 2023 – January 3, 2024Portrait GalleryRosalynn Carter was the first lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
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Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch
May 27, 2023 – January 1, 2024American Indian Museum New YorkShelley 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 II
February 10, 2023 – September 10, 2023Portrait GalleryThe 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 Lin
September 30, 2022 – April 16, 2023Portrait GalleryOne 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 I
July 8, 2022 – January 29, 2023Portrait GalleryThis exhibition features more than 25 photographs by Brian Lanker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer.
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#IfThenSheCan - The Exhibit
March 5, 2022 – March 27, 2022Smithsonian Gardens#IfThenSheCan – The Exhibit is he largest collection of statues of women ever assembled together, to be installed on and around the National Mall.
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Orchids: Hidden Stories of Groundbreaking Women
January 29, 2022 – April 24, 2022Smithsonian GardensOrchids: Hidden Stories of Groundbreaking Women unearths stories of women who have enriched our understanding and appreciation of orchids.
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Hung Liu: Portraits of Promised Lands, 1968-2020
August 27, 2021 – May 30, 2022Portrait GalleryThe 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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Every Eye Is Upon Me: First Ladies of the United States
November 13, 2020 – May 23, 2021Portrait GalleryEvery 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 Writers
September 18, 2020 – January 23, 2022Portrait GalleryThis exhibition drawn from the NPG collection highlights twenty-four noted women writers from the past one hundred years.
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Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists
February 21, 2020 – March 13, 2020Renwick GalleryHearts 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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What Is Feminist Art?
November 26, 2019 – December 31, 2021Archives of American ArtOn view are more than 75 vibrant and varied personal statements from artists from 1976 and now that elucidate the contours of feminist art.
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Challenging the Face of Science: The Bearded Lady Project
November 14, 2019 – September 26, 2021Natural History MuseumThis 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, 1945-2019
October 3, 2019 – November 3, 2019Portrait GalleryThe National Portrait Gallery commemorates the life of Jessye Norman, one of the twentieth century's greatest sopranos.
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In Memoriam: Toni Morrison
August 6, 2019 – November 7, 2019Portrait GalleryToni Morrison, the first black woman to become a Nobel laureate, wrote about the experiences of African Americans.
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One Life: Marian Anderson
June 28, 2019 – March 13, 2020Portrait GalleryThis 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 Portraits
June 14, 2019 – June 13, 2021Portrait GalleryThis exhibition of daguerreotypes and ambrotypes from the 1840s and 1850s features portraits of early feminist icons.
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In Memoriam: Leah Chase
June 4, 2019 – June 30, 2019Portrait GalleryThe Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery recognizes the life and legacy of Leah Chase with a painting by Gustave Blache III.
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Storied Women of the Civil War Era
May 24, 2019 – March 20, 2022Portrait GalleryThis intimate exhibition includes portraits of Civil War era women who captivated the public while becoming sought-after subjects for Mathew Brady’s camera.
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Portrait of Julie Packard by Hope Gangloff
April 23, 2019 – February 24, 2020Portrait GalleryOn display is a newly commissioned painting of Julie Packard, a leading figure in science and ocean conservation and the executive director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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