The Smithsonian Portrait Gallery announced the paintings will be unveiled in early 2018.

A curator explains, “If she had survived, I think she could have written for Monty Python.”

Explore! with the Portrait Gallery is opening January 28.

Kevin Spacey was also in town for the show’s official premiere, though season 4 doesn’t hit Netflix until March 4.

This month, enjoy Asian pottery, a look at the Bauhaus School and several interesting panel discussions, all of which will help keep you cool during the hot summer months.

Former professional baseballer Pedro Martinez is having a couple of busy days in Washington. Tomorrow, Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will unveil a portrait of the Dominican star, who won the World Series in 2004 and made eight All-Star teams. Until then, Martinez will spend his time in town running a mini-clinic with — who else? — Mayor Vince Gray.

The latest installment in the National Portrait Gallery’s Portraiture Now series, which showcases work by 21st century portrait artists, gets to the heart of what it means to belong to a community. Portraiture Now: Communities features work by three painters whose portraits indicate there’s more to relationships than virtually asking someone to be your friend and tagging them in photos. There are the communities we’re born into and the communities we choose to be…

My mother and I used to think we were so clever sneaking out of the house after the post-pumpkin pie haze to spend our tryptophan relaxing time at the movie theater, while our extended family lay sprawled on the couches in front of the boob tube … until a few years later when the entire world caught on and every theater had lines around the block on Turkey Day. Lucky for you, we’re in Washington,…

Dynamic, lively, stunning, soaring. These are the words used by Smithsonian officials and architect Spencer de Grey to describe the new Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, home to both the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery. With a blend of modern aesthetics and historic sensibilities, the new courtyard is a gorgeous space that the Smithsonian plans to use to hold public…

A little over a year since the Reynolds Center, where the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery are housed, re-opened its doors, it continues to celebrate huge improvements to the building. This Sunday stop by for the grand opening of the Kogod Courtyard, which will include tons of musical performances both in the courtyard and inside on the third floor, hands-on activities for all ages (a Lite Brite station!), and, as usual,…