Exhibitions
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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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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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Josephine Baker: Image and Icon
November 24, 2006 – March 18, 2007Portrait GalleryThe exhibition celebrates Baker’s life during the 100th anniversary year of her birth.
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Marilyn Monroe in Korea: Newly Discovered Photographs by David Geary
April 1, 1998 – January 30, 1999Portrait GalleryDavid Geary, a navy medic, created several memorable portraits of the Hollywood star when she entertained the troops in Korea in 1954.
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Edith Wharton's World: Portraits of People and PlacesSeptember 26, 1997 – January 25, 1998Portrait Gallery
Some 100 paintings, miniatures, manuscripts, and memorabilia evoke the life and milieu of novelist Edith Wharton.
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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: Artist and Patron (1875-1942)July 8, 1983 – November 27, 1983Portrait Gallery
See a small exhibition that includes photographs, papers, letters and personal notebooks documenting the art patron's support of American artists— support which culminated in the creation of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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