50th Anniversary final exhibition at Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery

Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery's exhibition schedule as the museum turns the corner on its 50thanniversary this fall. The Portrait Gallery opened its doors to the public on October 7, 1968 and looks forward to honoring the genre of portraiture and the artists who have helped its legacy with "Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today," opening on Nov. 2 as the final exhibition of its anniversary year. The exhibition will feature more than 75 works by artists such as Josef Albers, Patricia Cronin, Imogen Cunningham, Elaine de Kooning, Edward Hopper, Joan Jonas, Jacob Lawrence, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson, Diego Rivera, Lucas Samaras, Fritz Scholder, Roger Shimomura, Shahzia Sikander and Martin Wong. Curated by Brandon Brame Fortune, chief curator, National Portrait Gallery, and an illustrated companion book will be published in spring 2019. The Museum will also be incorporating voices less acknowledged throughout history with the upcoming exhibition "Votes for Women: An American Awakening, 1840–1920," which will coincide with the Smithsonian-wide Women's History Initiative in the year ahead. For more information visit he museum web page at: http://npg.si.edu