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Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell</span></a></div> <div class="b-text-wrapper"> <div class="preface">Promotion</div> <div class="gamma no-margin"> <a href="https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/star-power" >Star Power: Photographs from Hollywood’s Golden Age by George Hurrell</a></div> <p>On view: March 1, 2024 through January 4, 2026<br /> First floor</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slick__slide slide slide--3"> <div class="slide__content"> <div id="node-slide-150663" class="node node-promotion node-promoted" > <div class="b-media-wrapper"><a href="/promotion/recent-acquisitions-2023"><span>Recent Acquisitions, 2023</span></a></div> <div class="b-text-wrapper"> <div class="preface">Promotion</div> <div class="gamma no-margin"> <a href="/promotion/recent-acquisitions-2023" >Recent Acquisitions, 2023</a></div> <p>On view: November 3, 2023 – October 27, 2024<br /> First floor</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slick__slide slide slide--4"> <div class="slide__content"> 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<div class="field field-name-field-title field-type-text field-label-hidden"> <h2 class="section-title spacing-bottom">Highlights</h2> </div> <div class="view view-front-page-highlight view-id-front_page_highlight view-display-id-panel_pane_2 view-dom-id-af9d7011e21264065c287b64eccf172b"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul class="grid-wrapper "> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first col col-sm-6 col-md-6 space-bottom"> <div class="inner"> <div class="b-media-wrapper"> <a href="/exhibition/amy-sherald-american-sublime"><img src="https://npg.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/grid_wider/public/american-sublime.png?itok=PerUCPtA" width="800" height="450" alt="A painted portrait of an African-American man in jeans, an American flag shirt, and cowboy hat." /></a> </div> <div class="b-text-wrapper"> <h3><a href="/exhibition/amy-sherald-american-sublime">Amy Sherald: American Sublime</a></h3> <div> <p>The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will present <a href="/exhibition/amy-sherald-american-sublime">Amy Sherald: American Sublime</a>, the largest, most comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s work to date. Organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), “American Sublime” is the artist’s first major museum survey, bringing together paintings made from 2007 to the present.</p> </div> </div> </div></li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even views-row-last col col-sm-6 col-md-6 space-bottom"> <div class="inner"> <div class="b-media-wrapper"> <a href="/exhibition/picturing-presidents"><img src="https://npg.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/grid_wider/public/npg_2017_110_adams_2.jpg?itok=oD8PG2iB" width="800" height="450" alt="Daguerreotype of a man seated in a chair" /></a> </div> <div class="b-text-wrapper"> <h3><a href="/exhibition/picturing-presidents">Picturing the Presidents: Daguerreotypes and Ambrotypes from the National Portrait Gallery’s Collection </a></h3> <p>To mark the 2024 presidential election year, this exhibition features some of the earliest photographic images of eleven men who attained the nation’s highest office. </p> </div> </div></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="entity entity-paragraphs-item paragraphs-item-embedded-view spacing-bottom field-spacing layout-constrain field-layout" id="paragraphs-item-11466"> <div class="view view-front-page-highlight view-id-front_page_highlight view-display-id-panel_pane_1 view-dom-id-6c4ed87c1ad933d16b6f8b8c184ffe4d"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="item-list"> <ul class="grid-wrapper "> <li class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first col col-sm-6 col-md-3 space-bottom"> <div class="inner"> <div class="b-media-wrapper"> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/atlantic-paradox-tickets-1230599328719?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm-source=cp&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing"><img src="https://npg.si.edu/sites/default/files/styles/grid_default/public/promotion/atlantic-paradox.jpg?itok=UN7Hcrg4" width="470" height="350" alt="Two women perform modern dance on a dimly-lit stage." /></a> </div> <div class="b-text-wrapper"> <h3><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/atlantic-paradox-tickets-1230599328719?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm-source=cp&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing">Atlantic Paradox</a></h3> <p>Atlantic Paradox<br /> Sunday, February 23<br /> 3 – 3:30 pm<br /> Free. 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