Exhibitions
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Romaine BrooksJune 17, 2016 – October 2, 2016American Art Museum
This exhibition brings together 50 paintings and drawings from the museum’s permanent collection.
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Althea GibsonJune 3, 2016 – June 5, 2016Portrait Gallery
Smithsonianmag.com voters choose between portraits of Gibson, Eleanor Holm and Helene Madison, and Duke Kahanamoku to go on view. Gibson’s photograph received the most votes.
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One Life: Dolores HuertaJuly 3, 2015 – May 15, 2016Portrait Gallery
One Life: Dolores Huerta highlights the significant role of this Latina leader in the California farm workers movement of the 1960s and 70s.
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Elaine de Kooning: PortraitsMarch 13, 2015 – January 10, 2016Portrait Gallery
Elaine de Kooning’s gestural portraits of friends and family were much admired during her lifetime, and included many well-known Americans.
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Hewitt Sisters CollectDecember 12, 2014 – October 29, 2017Cooper Hewitt
The remarkable story of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, who in 1897 established a museum within Cooper Union.
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Cupcake KatyJune 18, 2014 – July 6, 2014Portrait Gallery
On 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 AngelouMay 29, 2014 – June 12, 2014Portrait Gallery
See a portrait of writer, poet, and activist Maya Angelou (1928-1914) by painter Ross Rossin.
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One Life: Amelia EarhartJune 29, 2012 – May 27, 2013Portrait Gallery
Portraits 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 RepublicApril 20, 2012 – September 2, 2013Portrait Gallery
Learn 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 WatersJanuary 21, 2012 – November 30, 2012Portrait Gallery
See 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: PilgrimageJanuary 20, 2012 – May 20, 2012American Art Museum
The 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 ScoutsJanuary 13, 2012 – January 6, 2013Portrait Gallery
Celebrate 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 StoriesOctober 14, 2011 – January 22, 2012Portrait Gallery
More than 50 artifacts and 100 works of art reveal Gertrude Stein in her many roles.
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One Life: Katharine GrahamOctober 1, 2010 – May 30, 2011Portrait Gallery
The 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 CollectionJune 18, 2010 – October 17, 2010Smithsonian Castle
See 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
This is the first major survey spanning Anne Truitt's 40-year career since her death in 2004.
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Annie PootoogookJune 13, 2009 – October 10, 2010American Indian Museum New York
Visit 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
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 PhotographsOctober 10, 2008 – February 1, 2009Portrait Gallery
Women of Our Time is a photographic celebration of 91 women who have challenged and changed America.
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