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Bisa Butler, Coco with Morning Glories (detail), 2024, quilted and appliquéd textiles

Smithsonian American Art Museum · Penn Quarter

Bisa Butler: Monumentos tiernos (Bisa Butler: Tender Monuments)

Upcoming19 March 2027 – 22 August 2027·Free

Una retrospectiva de mitad de carrera que reúne cerca de cuarenta retratos acolchados de gran formato de Bisa Butler, expuestos junto a piezas de figuras influyentes en su obra como Faith Ringgold y Betye Saar.

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Black-and-white George Hurrell portrait of Joan Crawford, chin lifted, in dramatic studio lighting

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National Portrait Gallery

Early photograph of the neoclassical Patent Office Building used as the exhibition's key image

El espíritu de la invención: la Oficina de Patentes y sus titulares (The Spirit of Invention: Patent Office and Patentees)

National Portrait Gallery

Gold Portrait of a Nation award trophies shaped as a face in profile

Retrato de una nación: galardonados de 2025 (Portrait of a Nation: 2025 Honorees)

National Portrait Gallery

All exhibitions in Washington, DC this month Coming up in October

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National Portrait Gallery

ArtFree1 min walk

National Building Museum

Architecture5 min walk

National Archives Museum

ArchitectureFree7 min walk

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Design7 min walk

Photo by Zachary Balber, courtesy the artist and Jeffrey Deitch (Courtesy of the museum)