The artist behind Michelle Obama's popular 2018 portrait is pulling her show from the National Portrait Gallery over what she alleged were censorship threats, per multiple outlets. Why it matters: ...

Amy Sherald claims the museum was planning to cut a portrait of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from the exhibition.

Amy Sherald withdrew “American Sublime” from the National Portrait Gallery, saying the Smithsonian proposed replacing her ...

Mathew Brady, known as the father of photojournalism for his documentation of the Civil War, also won acclaim for nuanced portraits of famous figures.

The D.C. National Guard is stepping in to help keep Fourth of July celebrations safe and smooth—here’s how they’re teaming up with MPD.

A new, White House-provided portrait of President Donald Trump will soon hang in the Colorado State Capitol after an earlier painting was removed following a complaint by Trump.

A man is in custody after he sped through the grass and dirt pathways of the National Mall in an SUV, according to U.S. Park Police.

A man is in custody after he sped through the grass and dirt pathways of the National Mall in an SUV, according to U.S. Park Police.

A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes ...

The display is in a similar spot as a sculpture of a large poop pile on a desk, referencing attacks on the Capitol that happened Jan. 6, 2021, that appeared in October.