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Penny Colman, author talk
June 24, 2011
"Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: A Friendship That Changed the World" -- author Penny Colman discusses her book. Recorded at NPG, May 17, 2011
"Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands: A Young Politician's Quest for Recovery in the American West" -- author Roger DiSilvestro discusses his book. Recorded at NPG, June 8, 2011
Varina H. Davis portrait, Face-to-Face talk
June 15, 2011
Margaret Vining, National Museum of American History curator, talks about Varina H. Davis (1826-1906), first lady of the Confederacy. NPG, March 24, 2011.
Ambassador Andrew Young, joined by his longtime friend Jack H. Watson Jr., discusses his role in the American Civil Rights movement. Recorded at NPG, April 30, 2011.
Kate Millett portrait, Face-to-Face talk
April 25, 2011
Carolyn Carr, chief curator and deputy director of NPG, discusses a portrait of Kate Millett by portrait by Alice Neel. Recorded at NPG, October 28, 2011.
Historian Edward G. Lengel discusses his new book Inventing George Washington: America's Founder, in Myth and Memory. Recorded at NPG, February 16, 2011."
Hart Crane portrait by Marsden Hartley, Face-to-Face talk
January 11, 2011
David C. Ward, historian and co-curator of "Hide/Seek," discusses Marsden Hartley's portrait of Hart Crane titled Eight Bells Folly: Memorial to Hart Crane. Recorded at NPG, January 6, 2011."
"hide/SPEAK" Panel Discussion at DCJCC
December 30, 2010
A conversation with David C. Ward, co-curator of "Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in
American Portraiture." Presented by the Washington DC Jewish Community Center in collaboration with Catherine
V. Dawson and Transformer. David C. Ward in conversation with Tyler Green editor and writer of Modern
Art Notes; Victoria Reis, co-founder of Transformer; and Dafna Steinberg, artist and director of Ann
Loeb Bronfmann Gallery at Washington DCJCC. Recorded at DCJCC, December 20, 2010.
Caricature artist John Kascht discusses his portraits of Alan Greenspan and Warren Buffett that are currently on view in the exhibition "Twentieth Century Americans." Recorded at NPG, December 11, 2010.
Oveta Culp Hobby portrait, Face-to-Face talk
November 29, 2010
Claire Kelly, assistant director of exhibitions and collections management at NPG, discusses Ernest Hamlin Baker's portrait of Oveta Culp Hobby. Recorded at NPG, October 28, 2010.
Lecture by David Hackett Fischer, cultural historian
July 6, 2010
David Hackett Fischer, cultural historian, spoke on Emmanuel Leutze's iconic painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware." Recorded at NPG, May 1, 2010.
Lecture by James McPherson, Civil War Historian
May 3, 2010
In this American Pictures lecture, Historian James McPherson discusses Alexander Gardner's photograph "Confederate Dead by a Fence on the Hagerstown Road, Antietam." Recorded at NPG, April 10, 2010.
1960s San Francisco rock groups, Face-to-Face talk
April 28, 2010
Amy Baskette, curatorial assistant at NPG, discusses a 1967 photograph of the Grateful Dead and Big Brother and the Holding Company, by Irving Penn. Recorded at NPG, April 22, 2010.
Julia Child portrait, Face-to-Face talk
March 25, 2010
Rayna Green, curator at the National Museum of American History, discusses Julia Child and her portrait by David Martin. Recorded at NPG, March 18, 2010
Lecture on Daniel Patrick Moynihan: Historic Preservation and Architecture
March 19, 2010
A discussion with David Childs, architect; Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation; Robert A. Peck, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service; and Ashton Hawkins, Former Executive Vice President and Counsel to the Trustees, Metropolitan Museum of Art (Hawkins' remarks not included because of technical issues). Recorded at NPG March 5, 2010.
Katharine Hepburn's four Oscars and portrait, Face-to-Face talk
March 15, 2010
Amy Henderson, historian at NPG, discusses Katharine Hepburn's four Oscars and her portrait by Everett Raymond Kinstler. Recorded at NPG March 11, 2010
Thurgood Marshall portrait, Face-to-Face talk
March 2, 2010
L. Michael Seidman, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and a former clerk of Justice Marshall's, discusses a portrait of Thurgood Marshall by Betsy Graves Reyneau. Recorded at NPG, February 25, 2010.
Frederick Douglass portrait, Face-to-Face talk
February 18, 2010
Rose Weiss and Braden Paynter of the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, discuss a portrait of Frederick Douglass. Recorded at NPG, February 4, 2010.
Zitkala-Ša portrait, Face-to-Face talk
February 16, 2010
Francis Flavin, historian at the U.S. Department of the Interior, discusses Zitkala-Ša, Native American writer and educator. Recorded at NPG, October 29, 2009.
Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon, Face-to-Face talk
January 25, 2010
Jason Schultz, archivist at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, speaks about Richard Nixon and Elvis. Recorded at NPG, January 21, 2010.
Ralph Wolfe Cowan, artist interview
January 8, 2010
Interview with artist Ralph Wolfe Cowan, creator of the portrait of Elvis Presley on view at the National Portrait Gallery, in
the "One Life: Echoes of Elvis" exhibition. Interview by "Echoes of Elvis" curator Warren Perry. Recorded at NPG, May 27, 2009.
Sarah, David portrait by photographer Yolanda del Amo, Face-to-Face talk
December 31, 2009
Carolyn Carr, deputy director of the National Portrait Gallery, discusses the photograph "Sarah, David" by artist Yolanda del Amo . She also discussed the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.
The Chinese experience in the 19th century American West, Face-to-Face talk
November 25, 2009
Franklin Odo, Director of the Smithsonian's APA program, discusses the Chinese experience in the 19th century American West. Recorded at NPG, October 15, 2009.
John Singleton Copley's self portrait, Face-to-Face talk
October 19, 2009
Liz Rideal, of London's National Portrait Gallery, discusses John Singleton Copley's self portrait on display in the exhibition "American Origins." Recorded at NPG, September 10, 2009.
Red Cloud portrait, Face-to-Face talk
October 7, 2009
Frank Goodyear, associate curator of photographs at NPG, discusses a portrait of Red Cloud by by Charles M. Bell, on view at the National Portrait Gallery in the exhibition "Faces of the Frontier: Photographic Portraits of the American West." Recorded at NPG, October 2, 2009.
Woodrow Wilson portrait, Face-to-Face talk
October 5, 2009
Frank Aucella, executive director at the Woodrow Wilson House, discusses a portrait of Wilson by John Christen Johansen, on view at the National Portrait Gallery in the exhibition "America's Presidents." Recorded at NPG September 24, 2009.
Calvin Tomkins on Marcel Duchamp
September 30, 2009
A conversation with New Yorker art critic Calvin Tomkins on Marcel Duchamp. He is interviewed by Anne Goodyear, associate curator of prints and drawings at NPG. Recorded at NPG June 20, 2009.
Albert Einstein portrait, Face-to-Face talk
September 4, 2009
David Ward, historian at the National Portrait Gallery, discusses a portrait of Albert Einstein by Max Westfield, on view at the National Portrait Gallery in the exhibition "Twentieth Century Americans." Recorded at NPG, September 3, 2009.
Thomas Jefferson portrait, Face-to-Face talk
August 26, 2009
Chrysanthe Broikos, curator at the National Building Museum, discusses a portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Mather Brown,on view at the National Portrait Gallery in the exhibition "America's Presidents." Recorded at NPG, July 30 2009.
Andrew Jackson portrait, Face-to-Face talk
August 20, 2009
Sid Hart, senior historian at NPG, discusses a portrait of Andrew Jackson by Ralph E. W. Earl,on view at the National Portrait Gallery in the exhibition "America's Presidents." Recorded at NPG July 23, 2009.
Margaret Sanger portrait, Face-to-Face talk
July 13, 2009
NPG director Martin Sullivan discusses a scupture of Margaret Sanger by Joy Buba, on view at the National Portrait Gallery in the exhibition "20th Century Americans." Recorded at NPG July 9, 2009.
George Washington portrait, Face-to-Face talk July 8, 2009
Laura Simo of Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, discusses a portrait of George Washington by Robert Edge Pine, on view in the exhibition "America's Presidents." Recorded at NPG July 2, 2009.
Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, 3 leads by artist Brian O'Doherty, Face-to-Face talk
July 7, 2009
James McManus, professor of art history, California State University, Chico, discusses Brian O' Doherty's work Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, 3 leads on view in the exhibition "Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture." Recorded at NPG June 25, 2009.
Marcel Duchamp's "Wanted" poster, Face-to-Face talk
June 15, 2009
Jennifer Quick, research assistant at NPG, discusses Marcel Duchamp's Wanted: $2,000 Reward, on view in the exhibition "Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture"
Recorded at NPG June 11, 2009.
Wendy Wick Reaves, curator of prints and drawings, discusses two self-portraits by Isabel Bishop in the NPG's exhibition "Reflections/Refractions."
Recorded at NPG June 5, 2009.
Susan Miller-Havens, artist interview
June 3, 2009
Interview with artist Susan Miller-Havens, creator of the portrait of Carlton Fisk on view at the National Portrait Gallery, in the "Champions" exhibition. Interview by NPG senior historian Sid Hart. Recorded at NPG May 8, 2009.
Rachael Penman, of the National Museum of Crime and Punishment, discusses images of Lyndon Johnson on view in the NPG's exhibition "Presidents in Waiting." Recorded at NPG, May 21, 2009.
Interview with artist David Lenz, creator of the newly unveiled portrait of Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Interview by NPG curator Brandon Fortune. Recorded at NPG, May 8, 2009.
Tony Bennett's portrait of Duke Ellington, unveiling ceremony
April 29, 2009
Tony Bennett and Martin Sullivan, director of the National Portrait Gallery, speak at the dedication of Bennet's portrait of Duke
Ellington Recorded at NPG, April 29, 2009.
Samuel Morse portrait, Face to Face talk
April 16, 2009
Ann Shumard, curator of photographs at NPG, discusses a piece of daguerreian jewelry containing a portrait Samuel Morse. Recorded at NPG, April 9, 2009.
Portrait by Alec Soth, Face-to-Face talk
January 27, 2009
NPG curator Brandon Fortune discusses a portrait by Alec Soth.
The photograph - titled Adelyn, Ash Wednesday, New Orleans, Louisiana - was taken by Soth in New Orleans, while he was working on his book Sleeping by the Mississippi (2004).
Recorded at NPG, January 22, 2009.
Interview with artist Shepard Fairey, creator of the Barack Obama "Hope" poster. Interview by NPG curator Wendy Wick Reaves. Recorded at NPG, January 17, 2009.
Barack Obama portrait, interview with the NPG's Carolyn Carr
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
NPG deputy director Carolyn Carr discusses the aquisition of the Barack Obama "Hope" poster by Shepard Fairey. Interview by NPG's Warren Perry. Recorded at NPG, January, 2009.
All events are held at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, located at Eighth and F streets N.W., Washington, D.C., and are free unless otherwise noted. For public information, call (202) 633-1000. The National Portrait Gallery is open every day from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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