Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees

National Portrait Gallery
8th Street NW & G Street NW
Washington D.C. 20001

November 10, 2022 - October 23, 2023

Debut of New Commissions by Contemporary Artists:
Hugo Crosthwaite, Kenturah Davis, David Hockney, Kadir Nelson, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and Robert Pruitt, and the Premiere of a Newly Acquired Photograph by Ruven Afanador

The Portrait of a Nation Award is awarded to individuals selected from the illustrious roster of contemporary Americans whose portraits reside in the National Portrait Gallery’s collection. Recipients have made significant contributions across diverse fields and have demonstrated a significant commitment to service, and the values of creativity, individuality, insight, and inquiry.

2022 Honorees include:
José Andrés, Clive Davis, Ava DuVernay, Marian Wright Edelman, Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Serena Williams and Venus Williams


EXHIBITION PRESS:

• Behind 3 Champions’ Smithsonian Portraits, New York Times
  
  
• Anthony Fauci, Clive Davis, Ava DuVernay, and More Take Their Place in the National Portrait Gallery, Vanity Fair
  
  
• How an artist captured Fauci’s career in a genre-defying new portrait, Washington Post
  
  
• Fauci and Williams Sisters Honored in New Portraits Headed to DC, Hyperallergic
  
  
• Press Release: National Portrait Gallery Announces “Portrait of a Nation: 2022 Honorees,” Exhibition of Newly Commissioned Portraits
  
  
• Serena and Venus Williams Amongst Seven Recipients Honored by National Portrait Gallery, Hypebeast