Because the 2024 election nears, Kim Sajet explores how presidential portraits mirror US governance evolution.
The Nationwide Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, is dwelling to the one full assortment of presidential portraits outdoors the White Home.
These portraits seize not solely the likenesses of a few of the strongest figures in US historical past but in addition their legacies, formed by the political, social, and cultural climates of their time.
As one other pivotal election approaches, with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as candidates, these portraits provide a novel lens on the nation’s evolving management.
Discover how the narrative of US governance has reworked as Kim Sajet, director of the Nationwide Portrait Gallery, talks to Al Jazeera.
