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6th and Constitution Ave NW
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Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
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America’s 250th

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Artists Reimagining the Collection
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Visit
Open today 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Admission is always free

6th and Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20565

Sculpture Garden Extended Hours

Open late until 8:00 p.m. on select nights
Through September 5
Exhibitions & Events
America’s 250th

Celebrating American art and artists
Art & Artists
Open Call

Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Video

Dalton Paula's Portraits for the Future

July 6, 2022

Portrait artist Dalton Paula illuminates his mission to preserve the memory of long-lost historical figures by painting portraits of contemporary Black Brazilians. Travel with Paula as he finds inspiration in Brazil’s Quilombo Kalunga, a community of resistance and empowerment founded centuries ago by Indigenous Brazilians and people fleeing enslavement. Paula’s portraits were on view at the National Gallery of Art from April 10 to July 17, 2022 as part of Afro-Atlantic Histories.

O artista plástico e retratista Dalton Paula ilumina sua missão de preservar a memória de figuras históricas esquecidas criando retratos de negros brasileiros contemporâneos. Viaje com Paula na busca por inspiração no Quilombo Kalunga, uma comunidade de resistência e empoderamento fundada séculos atrás por indígenas brasileiros e por aqueles que fugiam da escravidão. Os retratos de Paula estão expostos na National Gallery of Art do dia 10 de abril a 17 de julho, 2022 como parte das Histórias Afro-Atlânticas.

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