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A photo of former President Donald Trump has been included in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The gallery was closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but will reopen on May 14. Trump’s photo, which was captured by photographer Pari Dukovic in 2019 for Time magazine, is believed to have been installed in the museum’s signature exhibit, “America’s Presidents.”

According to the museum’s official website, the image was “taken on June 17, 2019, the day before Trump officially announced he would be running again.” He added: “This photograph shows him at the Resolute Desk, which has been in the White House almost continuously since 1880.”

The note in Trump’s photo continues: “The flags in the background, placed in the office during Trump’s presidency, reflect the five branches of the armed forces (left to right): Army, Marine Corps, Navy , Air Force and Coast Guard. in the background (left) is Asher B. Durand’s portrait of Andrew Jackson (1835), a character to whom President Trump frequently referred. Right, a portrait of Benjamin Franklin (circa 1785) by Joseph Duplessis, on loan to the White House from the National Portrait Gallery.

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Apparently, “America’s Presidents” is the only place outside the White House where portraits of all of the presidents of the United States are available. Besides the photos, details about the leaders, their tenure and the challenges they faced can also be found in the exhibit. It has been said that Dukovic’s Trump photo will remain in the museum until his official portrait is ready. It replaced Kehinde Wiley’s portrayal of 44th President Barack Obama, who is due to tour several cities for a year with Amy Sherald’s painting of former first lady Michelle Obama from June.

“There is always a sense of transition when we install a new presidential portrait. We are a museum that reflects art history and biography, and we can celebrate presidents with portraits that are historical documents, ”said Dorothy Moss, curator of painting and sculpture at the gallery.

He also explained that brief biographical information about the presidents is written by historians and museum curators. “We look at the US Presidency as a whole. We don’t include critical comments, but we are even in our ratings. It’s a collaborative process. A lot of people are looking at it. There is a lot of discussion, ”he added.

Leslie Ureña, curator of photographs, told the Washington Post of Dukovic’s photo: “I love the composition of the photograph. It’s an angle you don’t often see. You get a bit of the other side and what is behind the desk.

Meanwhile, Twitter was buzzing after Trump’s photo was installed at the museum. One user asked, “Will there be strings attached to Putin’s photo?” The second said, “Do they have a ‘Warning for sensitive viewers’ sign or at least a safe space for people who are easily offended? “Trump will be happy. I think the eyeliner adds that little extra something. Official trump portrait, ”one person wrote and added,“ Was it this one that didn’t sell at auction, so Melania had to buy it so as not to embarrass the male child? #Cheese ball. “

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Donald Trump is again replacing Barack Obama.

The 45th president will replace the 44th president of the Smithsonian when the National Portrait Gallery reopens six months after closing amid lockdowns from the Covid pandemic.

The museum announced that its newly acquired photograph of Mr. Trump will reopen its signature exhibit, “America’s Presidents” on May 14.

“There is always a sense of transition when we install a new presidential portrait,” said Dorothy Moss, curator of painting and sculpture at the gallery. The Washington Post.

He replaces a portrait of Mr Obama with Kehinde Wiley. This piece is slated for a one-year tour with a painting of Michelle Obama by artist Amy Sherald. Mr. Obama will continue to be featured in the gallery in the form of Shepard Fairey’s iconic “Hope”.

Taken by photographer Pari Dukovic while on a mission to Time magazine on June 17, 2019, it shows Mr. Trump at the Resolute Desk a day before officially announcing his re-election campaign.

The curator of the photographs of the exhibition, Leslie Ureña, told the To post that she liked the historical merit and artistic composition captured by Mr. Dukovic, who also photographed Mr. Obama for the memoir cover A promised land.

“It’s an angle we don’t see often. You get a bit of the other side and what’s behind the desk, ”she said. “We not only want to represent the individual, but also to bring as much history, as much context as possible.”

While the accompanying blurb praises Mr. Trump’s accomplishments in record unemployment, immigration restrictions and three Supreme Court justices, it also highlights two out of two acquittals. indictments, the handling of the Covid pandemic and the refusal to concede the loss of the presidency to Joe Biden – leading to the capture of the Capitol.

The Trump Photo is a temporary exhibit while the museum awaits an official order for new photographs of former President and First Lady Melania Trump.

Anticipating the public objection to the commission, museum director Kim Sajet said Smithsonian magazine they have “a lot of people saying, ‘Well, let’s get over a president’”.

“There is no moral test for being in the Portrait Gallery. Otherwise, no one would be there, ”she said.

The winning team selected for the contract valued at £ 25,000 to £ 50,000 will design and deliver a pair of new retail spaces in the Grade I listed Trafalgar Square building, which is currently closed as it undergoes a refurbishment of £ 35.5 million.

The project, slated for completion in 2023, will create a new boutique in the museum’s former Victorian Porter Gallery and another smaller exhibition shop on the first floor. The main goals include providing a future-proof retail area and a “holistic and ambitious experience” for visitors.

According to the brief: “The gallery previously had a gift shop, bookstore and exhibition shop, none of which were on the main visitor routes inside and outside the gallery. The existing store layouts are largely outdated and do not match the rest of the galleries and we want to take this opportunity to deliver a more holistic experience with retail spaces as beautiful and immersive as the gallery spaces and extend the experience of a collection visit.

“In the renovated building there will be two new retail spaces and the existing showroom on the ground floor will remain in its current position. We want the project to be respectful of the environment in its use of materials, its approach to recycling and reuse and its longevity. The design must also respond to the space as an environment that staff find operationally simple and easy to maintain and adapt. ‘

The National Portrait Gallery was established in 1856 and moved to its current premises at St Martin’s Place near St Martin-in-the-Fields in 1896. Today the museum’s collection comprises around 12,400 portraits, including paintings , sculptures, miniatures, drawings, prints and photographs.

Jamie Fobert Architects and Purcell won a competition in 2018 for the £ 35.5million renovation of the National Portrait Gallery. The AJ understands that other practices vying for the post included David Adjaye, OMA, Farshid Moussavi, 6a, Caruso St John and Haworth Tompkins.

The Inspiring People: Transforming our National Portrait Gallery project represents the biggest improvement in the history of the building designed by Ewan Christian in 1896 and comes 20 years after the opening of Dixon Jones’ Ondaatje wing, increasing the space by 50% exposure.

Approved by Westminster City Council two years ago, the modernization project will increase the space of the public gallery by around 20%, with its east wing, which is part of the original building, reused as new Weston wing.

It also includes the creation of a “more welcoming and generous” entrance and square on the north facade of the gallery. Fobert’s design for the forecourt floor presents a contemporary interpretation of a fan motif that cuts through the gallery’s original mosaic floors.

The development also includes a complete reinterpretation of the gallery’s collection through 40 renovated spaces and a new learning center. The architects will work with engineers Max Fordham and Price & Myers, and Nissen Richards Studio who was appointed interpretive designer for the project in March.

Bids for the delivery of the new retail spaces will be evaluated at 80% on quality and 20% on cost. The deadline for submitting applications is April 29 at 5 p.m.

How to register

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A painting of former President Donald Trump will be unveiled when the National Portrait Gallery reopens, but it will not be the official portrait, which is still in the works.

The gallery, which contains the official portraits of each former commander-in-chief, is still in talks with Trump over the process, which can take up to two years, the Washingtonian reported.

When the time comes, the museum will invite Trump, his family, and guests to the grand opening.

It should also welcome the mass of MAGA supporters who are expected to flock to DC to see the official portrait of 45.

“We are a non-partisan institution and understand that there are public opinions on both sides of the fence,” National Portrait Gallery director Kim Sajet told the Washingtonian in a statement.

“As with all recent presidential commissions, we are not in a position to speculate on how visitors will receive the portraits once completed. That’s the beauty of the portrait: the way it is received is always different for different people.

The gallery has not announced a reopening date.

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most important developments in the art world and the art market. Here’s what you need to know on Thursday April 1.

NEED TO READ

UK museums face more pandemic cuts – Museum directors are making new employment costs as UK faces dangerous third wave. The Victoria & Albert Museum in London said curatorial staff faced a 20% cut, or around 30 positions. The institution is also merging and restructuring departments, such as the Islamic sections of the Middle East and Asia with sub-Saharan Africa and Diasporic African art. Critics warn that the process could garner valuable expertise. (BRONZER)

The Weeknd is also making NFT art now – Musician Abel Tesfaye, known as The Weeknd, is releasing new song and original art with Nifty Gateway on Saturday. Three different works of art developed by Strange Loop Studios will accompany different clips of the unreleased song in an unlimited edition. “Blockchain democratizes an industry that has always been closed by gatekeepers,” the musician said. (TechCrunch)

Trump arrives at the National Portrait Gallery in DC – The museum is set to unveil a fictional portrait of the former president in its America’s Presidents gallery while his official order remains in progress. (The last one, you’ll recall, was created by Kehinde Wiley.) The gallery says it’s in the early stages of the ordering process, which is done in concert with the former president and can take up to two. years ; no artist has been announced. (Washingtonian)

Greenville Museum sells rare Alma Thomas work – A painting by African-American artist Alma Thomas has sold for a record $ 2.8 million to a mystery shopper. Alma Flower Garden, produced between 1968 and 1970, was part of the collection of the Greenville County Museum of Art until its transfer. A curator of a recent Thomas exhibition said news of the sale and its unknown buyer had struck like “a bomb.” (Greenville Online)

ARTS MARKET

Phillips & Poly Auction Announce Joint Sale – Following their successful collaboration in Hong Kong over the summer, the two auction houses plan to hold a joint sale of 20th century and contemporary art and design on June 7-8. The action will be broadcast live from Phillips’ site in Hong Kong to Poly’s auction house in Beijing. . (Press release)

Baseball Cards Get Crypto Processing – Goldin Auctions, which focuses on sports memorabilia, has announced that it will accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment, becoming one of the first traditional auction houses to do so. He has already accepted crypto for a Jay-Z card that sold for $ 103,200 on March 20. (Bloomberg)

Zeno X from Antwerp will represent Pélagie Gbaguidi – The Dakar-born artist, whose practice focuses on colonial and postcolonial history, had never signed with a gallery before. She had an acclaimed installation at Documenta 14 in Kassel in 2017 and was included in the Berlin Biennale in 2020. (Press release)

ARRIVALS AND AISLES

Los Angeles Museums Prepare for Reopening – Los Angeles museums, which have been closed for nearly a year, are considering reopening now that they have the green light from the city. The Hammer Museum and the Huntington Museum will reopen on April 17. The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art reopens today. (Los Angeles Magazine)

The chief restorer of the Sistine Chapel has died – Maestro Gianluigi Colalucci, who directed the restorations of Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel from 1980 to 1994, has died at the age of 92. (AFP)

FOR THE LOVE OF ART

Artist sues Iowa College for altering sculptures – Sculptor Molly Mason took legal action against Kirkwood Community College after learning that its staff altered their massive stainless steel and water installation by emptying the surrounding pool, shutting down the fountains and replacing the water with earth and shrubs. The move, she says, damages her reputation and turns her job into an “overgrown planter.” (Register of Monks)

National Gallery Designs Show Just For Mobile Phones – The National Gallery in London has launched its first exhibition designed exclusively for mobile phones, focusing on the Renaissance altarpiece by Jan Gossaert The Adoration of Kings, which tells the story of the birth of Jesus. Visitors will be able to zoom in on the work and discover six related poetry readings by British-Nigerian poet Theresa Lola. (Observer)

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