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Face-to-Face is a podcast series from the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Listen to Face-to-Face portrait talks, interviews with artists, and lectures from the museum. Face-to-Face portrait talks occur every Thursday at 6pm, in the museum. For more, see the Face-to-Face blog at…

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

  • Jan 6, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 21m AVG DURATION
  • 195 EPISODES


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Selena, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2015 4:17


Guest presenter Alina Collins Maldonado, Head of Education at the Gala Hispanic Theatre in Washington, D.C., discusses a 1993 photograph of Selena by Al Rendon.

Lucretia Mott, Daguerreotype Portrait

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2015 3:25


Ann Shumard, Senior Curator of Photography at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, discusses an 1851 daguerreotype portrait of Lucretia Coffin Mott.

Artist Bo Gehring on his portrait of Esperanza Spalding

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2015 6:30


William Tecumseh Sherman, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2014 2:14


"Out of Many, One" by artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2014 5:05


"Out of Many, One" -- preview

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2014 1:08


Charles Willson Peale, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2014 2:29


Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2014 3:36


NPG Highlights - Win/Spr 2014

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2014 2:34


A recap of 2014, so far, at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

Benjamin Butler, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2014 2:52


Vincent Giarrano, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2014 3:12


Katie O'Hagan, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2014 2:56


Jason Hanasik, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2014 3:20


Louie Palu, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2014 4:41


Tema Stauffer, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2013 1:45


Jill Wissmiller, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2013 3:13


Elaine de Kooning, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2013 2:24


The NPG's Warren Perry discusses a 1946 self portrait by Elaine de Kooning.

2013 at NPG: Highlights from the Year

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2013 5:25


Neil Shigley, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2013 2:53


Saeri Kiritani, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2013 2:51


Bly Pope, Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2013 1:24


Martha Mayer Erlebacher, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2013 1:20


Interview with artist Martha Mayer Erlebacher, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

"Portraits Alive!" 2013 -- theatrical gallery tour by teens

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2013 4:53


Heidi Fancher, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2013 1:59


Interview with artist Heidi Fancher, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Paul D'Amato, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2013 1:46


Interview with artist Paul D'Amato, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2013 1:32


Beverly McIver, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2013 1:57


Interview with artist Beverly McIver, Commended Artist, Portrait Competition 2013

Pauline Sabin and the repeal of prohibition, Historian Dan Okrent

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2013 4:34


Historian Dan Okrent discusses Pauline Sabin and her effort to repeal prohibition

Robert Frost, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2013 1:48


Sequoyah Aono, Third Prize, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2013 1:31


Interview with artist Sequoyah Aono, Third Prize, Portrait Competition 2013

Jennifer Levonian, Second Prize, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2013 2:45


Bo Gehring, First Prize, Portrait Competition 2013

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2013 2:40


Interview with artist Bo Gehring, First Prize, Portrait Competition 2013

Jefferson Davis, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2013 2:56


Stonewall Jackson, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2013 3:05


Portrait of John Pelham, Confederate artillery officer

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2013 3:09


Photography curator Frank Goodyear discusses an 1858 portrait of John Pelham by Mathew Brady.

Marianne Moore, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2013 1:44


David C. Ward, historian at the National Portrait Gallery, discusses poet Marianne Moore.

Dancing the Dream, exhibition preview

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2013 4:30


Amy Henderson, historian at NPG, discusses the upcoming exhibition "Dancing the Dream" on view from October 4, 2013 - July 13, 2014.

Ronald Sherr, artist talk

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2013 52:01


General Colin Powell's portrait, by artist Ronald Sherr, was unveiled and added to the National Portrait Gallery collection on December 2, 2012. Sherr discussed his portrait in this gallery talk, December 3, 2012.

General Colin Powell, portrait unveiling ceremony and interview with NPR's Michele Norris

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2012 46:06


General Colin Powell's portrait, by artist Ronald Sherr, was unveiled and added to the National Portrait Gallery collection on December 2, 2012. Powell was interviewed by NPR's Michele Norris as part of the ceremony.

Samuel Morse, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2012 2:58


Amy Henderson, historian at NPG, discusses Samuel F. B. Morse and the painting "Men of Progress" by artist Christian Schussele

Richard Nixon, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2012 1:56


Lyndon Johnson, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2012 1:44


FDR, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2012 1:25


FDR by sculptor Jo Davidson

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2012 4:11


F. Scott Fitzgerald, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2012 1:28


Ernest Hemingway, Portrait in a Minute

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2012 1:28


Charles Willson Peale self-portrait, Face-to-Face talk

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2012 20:18


A Conversation with Alice Waters

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2012 50:00


Miguel Covarrubias, caricature artist of 1920s America

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2012 4:24


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