New Exhibit at National Portrait Gallery: Women of Our Time
The newest exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery opens tomorrow, October 10, 2008. The new exhibit is called “Women of Our Time: Twentieth-Century Photographs.” This exhibit contains portraits of 91 women who were important figures in the 20th century. The portraits are of women who reached what the museum website calls “the summit of achievement politics, business, arts, sports, performance, music, humanitarianism and science.” Just a few of the women included in this exhibit are Marilyn Monroe, Helena Rubenstein, Hannah Arendt, Billie Holiday, Gloria Steinem and Sylvia Plath. The exhibit not only shows important women of the century, but it also has examples of photographs taken by some of the best photographers of the 20th century, such as Philippe Halsman, Lotte Jacobi, Lisette Model, Irving Penn and Edward Steichen. The exhibit is expected to remain on display until February 1, 2009.
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