Washington Post Publisher Katharine Graham Exhibit Opens at the National Portrait Gallery

WASHINGTON, DC.- Born into privilege, newspaper publisher Katharine Graham (1917–2001) was catapulted onto the international stage as publisher of The Washington Post during the Watergate scandal in the 1970s. From her entrée to the world of journalism to her formidable attainment of power, the National Portrait Gallery’s “One Life: Katharine Graham” exhibition presents a multifaceted view of the woman whose personal tenacity had the ability to shape the nation. The one-room exhibition of the National Portrait Gallery’s continuing “One Life” [...]

Irvine Contemporary Presents New Gallery Artist Alexa Meade

WASHINGTON, DC.- Irvine Contemporary presents new gallery artist Alexa Meade and her series of recent photographs during Picture Planes: Robert Mellor & Alexa Meade, June 19 – July 24. Last week, Meade continued her unique portrait series with Anne Goodyear, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Meade’s portraits are executed by painting directly on a subject’s body and clothing to render flattened three-dimensional figures in composed sets or staged in real world locations. Alexa Meade’s photographs are [...]