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March 2, 2020
CNN Style
4 million people have flocked to see the Obama portraits. Here's why
Portraits, like real people, are demanding. They require not just face-to-face interaction, but deep contemplation of how the artists have brought their sitters to life.
February 12, 2019
Atlantic Magazine
The Obama Portraits Have Had a Pilgrimage Effect
One year after Kehinde Wiley’s and Amy Sherald’s paintings were unveiled, the director of the National Portrait Gallery reflects on their unprecedented impact.
February 6, 2018
Smithsonian Magazine
Rosie the Riveter and Uncle Sam: Two Portraits, Two Methods of Persuasion
Rosie the Riveter and Uncle Sam: Two Portraits, Two Methods of Persuasion
Kim Sajet, director of the Portrait Gallery, says that while Uncle Sam orders, Rosie inspires collective action
2017
The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia
The Dream Garden
The story of "The Dream Garden" mosaic designed by Maxfield Parrish & Created by Tiffany Studio
2020
Princeton Press
The Obama Portraits
"The Obama Portraits and the National Portrait Gallery as a Site of Secular Pilgrimage"
March 23, 2018
Smithsonian Magazine
How Portraiture Gave Rise to the Glamour of Guns
American portraiture with its visual allure and pictorial storytelling made gun ownership desirable
January 25, 2018
Smithsonian Magazine
The Ugliest Sculpture Ever, Says the Portrait Gallery’s Director
A bizarre sculpture of a baby Hercules strangling two snakes set this art historian on a course of discovery
August 19, 2016
Smithsonian Magazine
Why We Have to Play Catch-up Collecting the Portraits of Female Athletes
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is setting its sights on the future
February 11, 2020
Smithsonian Magazine
How One Museum Helps the Nation Mourn
When prominent Americans like Kobe Bryant die, mourners flock to the National Portrait Gallery in search of solace
February 20, 2018
Smithsonian Magazine
In Obama’s Official Portrait the Flowers Are Cultivated From the Past
Kehinde Wiley’s painting is full of historical art references says Kim Sajet, the director of the National Portrait Gallery
January 16, 2018
Smithsonian Magazine
Here’s My Problem With the Google Arts & Culture Face-Matching App
Kim Sajet, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, offers ideas to make it better
July 21, 2016
Smithsonian Magazine
How to Avoid the Pitfalls in the Politics of Graphic Messaging
The director of the National Portrait Gallery offers a few pointers on how to acquire visual intelligence