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EPISODE · May 26, 2020 · 21 MIN

Painting Through a President's Assassination, with Brandon Fortune

from PORTRAITS · host National Portrait Gallery

It commands attention among the more sober portraits in the Presidents’ gallery, interrupting a room of men in dark suits with an explosion of green and gold. Chief curator Brandon Fortune recounts the tragic backstory behind this standout portrait of President John F. Kennedy by one of the few women who gained a foothold in the abstract expressionist movement— Elaine de Kooning. You can see de Kooning’s remarkable painting on our website: https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.99.75

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It commands attention among the more sober portraits in the Presidents’ gallery, interrupting a room of men in dark suits with an explosion of green and gold. Chief curator Brandon Fortune recounts the tragic backstory behind this standout portrait of President John F. Kennedy by one of the few women who gained a foothold in the abstract expressionist movement— Elaine de Kooning. You can see de Kooning’s remarkable painting on our website: https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.99.75

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