Have you or anyone know you know sat for a portrait? In the world since photography, what relevance does the tradition of painted portraiture have? These are questions that the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery would like us to consider. The museum is offering a free event, the Edgar P. Richardson symposium, this Friday (November 17, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.) on the subject of Today’s Face: Perspectives on Contemporary Portraiture. The morning session features two…

Good morning, D.C. Thanks to everyone who joined us for Unbuckled last night — DC9 was packed for what we think was our best show yet. We had a great time, and we hope that you did, too. If you snapped some pictures while you were there, do us a favor and tag them on Flickr with unbuckled3 so that we can round ’em up in one place. Now that your concertgoing and drinking responsibilities…

New Yorker Kehinde Wiley is easily one of contemporary art’s hottest young stars. Just recently, he enjoyed a solo show at the Brooklyn Museum and was featured on the cover of Art in America. By almost any measure — we stress almost since artists as young as 12-years-old are currently showing in major D.C. galleries — Wiley is a young artist, still a couple of years away from his 30th birthday. There is a lot…