Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This conversation explores how art and portraiture are used to memorialize historical events. Portrait Gallery historian Mindy Farmer and curatorial assistant Gabrielle Tillenburg examine this topic through case studies of anti-Vietnam War protests. They examine the Kent State massacre of 1970 and the activism of Ruben Salazar, who was killed by a police officer later that year.
This program was hosted by PORTAL, the museum’s Scholarly Center, and was part of the Greenberg Steinhauser Forum in American Portraiture.
This conversation explores how art and portraiture are used to memorialize historical events. Portrait Gallery historian Mindy Farmer and curatorial assistant Gabrielle Tillenburg examine this topic through case studies of anti-Vietnam War protests. They examine the Kent State massacre of 1970 and the activism of Ruben Salazar, who was killed by a police officer later that year.
This program was hosted by PORTAL, the museum’s Scholarly Center, and was part of the Greenberg Steinhauser Forum in American Portraiture.
