KIM SAJET

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.

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.

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

The story of "The Dream Garden" mosaic designed by Maxfield Parrish & Created by Tiffany Studio

"The Obama Portraits and the National Portrait Gallery as a Site of Secular Pilgrimage"

American portraiture with its visual allure and pictorial storytelling made gun ownership desirable

A bizarre sculpture of a baby Hercules strangling two snakes set this art historian on a course of discovery

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is setting its sights on the future

When prominent Americans like Kobe Bryant die, mourners flock to the National Portrait Gallery in search of solace

Kehinde Wiley’s painting is full of historical art references says Kim Sajet, the director of the National Portrait Gallery

Kim Sajet, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, offers ideas to make it better

The director of the National Portrait Gallery offers a few pointers on how to acquire visual intelligence