President Donald Trump fired the National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet for being a “strong supporter” of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

In May 2025, Trump announced the removal of Kim Sajet from her position as Director of the National Portrait Gallery, calling her "highly partisan." ...

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The first day of my trip was full. Freshly caffeinated after an early flight, I scoured the stellar collection of the Detroit ...

Sajet (22-cv-2809 CRC), a First Amendment case stemming from the blocking of artist Julian Raven by former Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet on X (formerly Twitter), Judge ...

The Smithsonian Institution has once again come under the scrutiny of the Trump administration, this time with a focus on the National Museum of American History. Fox News reported that the White ...

Yoshitomo Nara at Hayward Gallery, Emily Kam Kngwarray at Tate Modern, Jenny Saville at the National Portrait Gallery, and ...

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

See pictures and our review of National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C..