the national portrait gallery. when congress founded the museum it was with the underst standing that we would collect display and tell the stories of individuals who have made a major contribution to u.s. history and culture. and as we all know, ruth ginsburg has not only made a major impact on this country, but one that is truly served to inspire generations of people to fight for the things that they care about, but in such a way that others would like to join the cause in recognition. her remarkable impact on our i'm proud to say that the portugal has four portraits by justice ginsburg in the collection one of which is part of a portrait of the first four women to the court painted by nelson shanks that he titled the for justice, and that we like to call this supremes. there is a popular adage that, ll behaved women rarely me history. and the same certainly to portraiture. before the advent of photography portrait portraiture favored who could vote white men who oed land. over time, me women have their portrait

check online when the next bridge lift is due and finally, our last to london attractions, the national gallery. here we've got a typical instagram versus reality situation. the museum is currently undergoing renovations which will continue into 2024. the every year up to $6000000.00 visitors come to this museum. no wonder as that house is a collection of over 2300 paintings from a period spending 700 years of art history. plus the building itself is a work of art. it was opened in 1838 and has been constantly expanded. it's today, it covers 45000 square meters, the size of 6 football fields. festival admission is free. one of the things that i love about the gallery is actually the building itself because each of the units very for stages wondering even just saving for sure on the floors and stuff like that was really cool with interesting to see the rich history list are verdict for art fans visiting the national gallery is definitely worth while, and since there is no entrance fee, you can't really go wrong. so instagram can help you discover london's best attractions. of course, the weather

the russian name of degas paintings from russian dancer to a dancer in ukrainian dress in the national gallery in london and in the metropolitan museum of art in new york, and if i'm not mistaken, this was actually initiated by a private person, so miriam nayem started correspondence about it, it seems. in the case of the national gallery in london, i don't remember if it was so, but it seems that it was a private initiative, she corresponded with them, and she pushed them to do it, that is , the initiative was not from that side, it was from our side initiative, there were several such initiatives, not a few such initiatives, and for example, there is still one the ukrainian art critic oksana semennyk, who is also actively engaged in this, and the ukrainian institute is also engaged in this and always raises this issue, and actually speaking... i did the same when i was recently in new york at moma, we talked the same way with there is a lot about this, eh, that is, this question has already become self-evident, yes, for some time, but there is no doubt that there was such ukrainian pressure,

the name of the degas painting from a russian dancer to a dancer in ukrainian clothes, in the national galleryndon and in the metropolitan museum of art in new york, and if i'm not mistaken, it was actually initiated by a private person , so we measure. she started correspondence about it, it seems in the case of the national gallery in london, i don't remember if it is so, but it seems that it was a private initiative, she corresponded with them and she pushed them to do it, that is, there was no initiative from that side, it was an initiative from our side, there were several such initiatives, not a few such initiatives, and for example, there is the ukrainian art critic oksana semennyk, who is also actively engaged in this, and the ukrainian institute is also involved in this. deals with and raises this issue all the time, and actually, when i was recently in new york at moma's, we also talked a lot about this issue, that is, this issue has already become self-evident, yes, after some time, but without a doubt, that there was such ukrainian pressure from this particular painting of ego is a

. >>> and the smithsonian national portrait gallery unveiled its portrait of oprah winfrey on wednesday. the nearly 7-foot-tall painting was done by chicago artist shawn michael warren. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. >>> it's thursday, december 14th, 2023. this is the "cbs morning news." making it official. house republicans vote to formally authorize an impeachment inquiry into president biden. how the president is responding. >>> fierce fighting. israeli troops suffer their biggest single-day loss as the families of american hostages look for answers from the white house. >>> and a record-breaking day on wall street. what the fed said that sent stocks soaring. >>> good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. house republicans escalated their investigation into president biden, voting unanimously to launch a formal impeachment inquiry citing his son's legal troubles. democrats accused their gop counterparts of playing politics and exacting revenge on behalf of twice-impeached former president trump. jarred hill is joining us from

i didn't know there was a national gallery to dream and aspire to.ll right, oprah, the color of the dress. references the 1985 movie the color purple, which helped to launch oprah's career in movies and in television. >> and speaking of oprah, the bay area is well represented on her list of favorite things. one featured local company the point reyes farmstead cheese company. >> this is quinta. it's a soft ripened, bloomy rind cheese, our bay blue, which is right here, and it's got a natural rind on it. and then of course, oprah's face favorite we have here, tom truffle. oh oh. >> also on the list, oakland based red bay coffee. this is the second time they've made it, making it to oprah's list is made is put red bay coffee, our headquarters on the map right for sure. >> yes. red bay um, also a towel set for myiesha curry's sweet july company. >> and there are two other san francisco companies on the list, and there's one from palo alto. >> oh, congratulations. that exposure is great, but don't you feel lucky that we already know about them here in the

so we're here at the national portrait gallery, and there's this. 1898 exhibit. why is this here in chicago? what are we what are we trying to tell people with this one? well, this is a very important exhibition. it's titled 18 1898 us imperialism, visions and revisions and it really marks a milestone in our efforts to shine a light on overlooked aspects of u.s. history that have been crucial to determine our present and that have been really unexamined. and so in this case, we are taking a look at the events that turned the united states into a world power in 1898. those events were what u.s. textbooks called the spanish-american war, which my co-curator, kate clarke lemay, and i prefer to call the war of 1898, because that way we can consider other countries that were part of that conflict. right. not just the us and spain, but also guam, cuba, the philippines, puerto rico, the joint resolution to annex hawaii, which happens during the war of 1898 and the philippine-american war, which happens on the heels of the war of 1898. and as a consequence of the united

the president, on a visit to the national gallery and possessing even less taste in fine art than youunced that he liked the painting. the french government offered it as gift to the white house, i suppose as retribution for euro disney. so here it hangs like a gym sock on a shower rod. yes. well, i'm not in any sense reprimanding you. i don't know the facts well enough. but as head of the service, i would like your assurance that he won't be putting it into practice. i certainly hope he won't be. i'm not sure that hopes are quite good enough. order! house must come to order. order! what's your question? do you ever feel like smacking any of the politicians - because they sometimes act like unruly children? - well, i don't feel like smacking them. i feel like occasionally — and i do — taking them into my study to have a quiet word with. # they're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky... i'm wednesday. thank you, thing. # the addams family. good morning, pee—wee. morning, mr breakfast. can i have some mr t cereal? 0k! i pity the poor fools who don't. # tall and tan and young

finally, oprah winfrey has become the latest icon to be honoured with a painting in the national portrait gallerytrait, painted by chicago artist shawn michael warren. here's a closer look. applause to have a portrait included in the national portrait gallery alongside all the greats... harriet tubman... frederick douglas... abraham lincoln and ida b wells. michelle and barack 0bama. lena horne. john f kennedy. 0prah barack 0bama. lena horne. john f kennedy. oprah winfrey. applause thatis that is our show at this hour. thank you for watching bbc news. please stay with us. hello there. given all the rain that we've had over the past few weeks, it's still pretty wet out there. but the next few days at least will turn drier and also the temperatures will be rising. now, this area of low pressure brought cloud and some rain and drizzle to eastern parts of england. that's moving away. the next weather system is coming in from the atlantic. but in between the two, well, we did have some sunshine earlier on, particularly in northern ireland and here in scotland. but where we have the clearer skies in th

it includes the 200th anniversary of both the national gallery in london and the royal national lifeboatanother design celebrates team gb and parra owe limp picks. they will be available for purchase on january 2. >>> that does it here. i'm bianca nobilo. "early start" is next. i'm a little anxious, i'm a little excited. i'm gonna be emotional, she's gonna be emotional, but it's gonna be so worth it. i love that i can give back to one of our customers. i hope you enjoy these amazing gifts. oh my goodness. oh, you guys. i know you like wrestling, so we got you some vip tickets. you have made an impact. so have you. for you guys to be out here doing something like this, it restores a lot of faith in humanity. >>> good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, december 28. 5:00 a.m. in washington, also 5:00 a.m. in michigan where the state supreme court rejected an effort yesterday to

all been created to mark special occasions, including the 200—year anniversaries of both the national gallerynews. more than 50 french actors, writers and cinema producers have signed an open letter in support of gerard depardieu, who faces accusations of sexual assault. there've been calls for him to be stripped of his legion d'honneur, the highest french order of merit. the letter denounces what it calls the "lynching" of depardieu, one of france's most famous, and most divisive, actors. he denies any wrongdoing. meghan owen has more. gerard depardieu is one of the most famous faces of french film. the oscar— and bafta—nominated actor is famous for his work in over 200 films and tv series. but since 2020, he's been under investigation for rape. he also faces allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment from over a dozen women. and a documentary released in december revealed sexual comments that he'd made to and about women. now, he strongly denies all of the allegations and there's no court ruling against him, but it's continued to spark controversy across france. now, the french pre

. >>> and the smithsonian national portrait gallery unveiled its portrait of oprah winfrey on wednesday-foot-tall painting was done by chicago artist shawn michael warren. for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. ♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> we begin tonight with breaking news right here in washington on capitol hill, where just a short time ago republicans in the house voting to begin a formal impeachment inquiry into president biden. the next step follows the years' long scrutiny of the president and his family that has turned up no proof of high crimes and misdemeanors. now democrats tonight are calling the move an extreme political stunt that has no credibility and no legitimacy. today's vote comes on the same day that hunter biden showed up on capitol hill, not to testify, but to blast republicans for what he said are attacks on him to embarrass and damage his father. cbs' scott macfarlane will start us off tonight from capitol hill. it has been a busy day. good evening, scott. >> good eve

now she's in the national portrait gallery. even she was in awe this happened to her today. >> it's amazing. it doesn't matter, all the fame and celebrity has come to her, there's still a moment like, wow. >> it was still, like, a pinching moment for her. >> of course she's in "color purple" and she's wearing the beautiful purple there. so, tonight, charles, you both are going to be speaking to cory hawkins, who stars in the new film, an adaptation of t color purple. >> he plays harpo. it came up because "color purple" had not been to broadway. you had not been to broadway. >> he hasn't been to one broadway play in his life. a grown man has never been to broadway. >> we made a deal -- >> we're going to go. >> i play golf every day. i'm going to take her golfing and she's going to take me to a play. >> i'm going to pick something i think he'll enjoy. i'm thinking "lion king." let's keep it simple. >> i'm not 12. i'm not 12, gayle. >> lots of colors, lots of music, lots of costumes. i think you would like that. >> you know i'm no

about the volume - this is a collection of russian tsars, french, and so on, prada, there is a national galleryns he... european cities are filled with gleptotheks, that is, copies of famous sculptures, made for educational purposes. so tsvetaev makes a non-hyptotheque, he goes to klein, they build a museum, the architecture of which in itself is an illustration of the history of art. not only do you enter through the greco-roman portico, you go up, which means you enter the egyptian vestibule, which is made in the egyptian style, you go to the pink staircase, you have a greek staircase on your left side. and even the most incredible thing, something that few people remember now, on the frieze above the main staircase there are two inscriptions in greek, the first sounds like this: the best of all is the desire for beautiful, i will translate you, because greek is not my language, the second goes like this: and consolation to a person from all troubles is art, i didn’t know that either, forgive me for my ignorance, in my opinion this is very important, in this formulated. tsvetaeva in relation

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the national portrait gallery unveiled oprah winfrey's official portrait this week.cago artist, sean michael warren, we see miss oprah wearing the color purple. she surrounded by oak trees and fittingly holds an olive branch. the symbol of peace in her left hand. the washington post writes, the age of oprah is over. but her vision is now framed in washington. quote, it's astonishing to think that america produced both oprah and trump. who arrived as a kind of anti oh, brought exploiting a litany of things that were standard topics on her show, racism, massage, uneasiness phobia. his style was anti obama too. a monologue, rather than a conversation. bullying, and mockery rather than empathy. division rather than concord. both styles have always existed, of course, and now it's just a matter of which one will win out in the end. as she approaches 70 years old, miss oprah winfrey made clear in her final remarks that she intends to continue her work. watch this. >> and i want you to know that that is exactly what i intend to do. to continue. to astonish. i'm for world wi

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to celebrate oprah during her portrait unveiling at the national portrait gallery.ack in time to do the show. so listen to, this oprah's portrait will be alongside of barack obama, abraham lincoln, michelle obama, john f. kennedy, and now oprah winfrey is in the national portrait gallery. isn't that cool? >> this is, she is one of the most accomplished women in the history of the world. >> today she was called a cultural icon, check, check. impact on the world lease it is wide and deep, and that she never runs out of ideas. this is true. she never has changed her commitment to make us all better, so congratulations to oprah. tonight >> you know when i met her the first-time, i was, it's hard to believe i was speechless. she. you were speechless? . i was, she is one of the most accomplished women in the history the, world not just television. which she has done on television, all of television it is. and i'm not friendly with her to be honest, i've only met her a few times, she's been gracious. but it has been an honor and privilege to watch her entire career. >> and

andrew mellon is the national gallery in in d.c. morgan most of morgan's collection is actually the backbone of the metropolitan museum in new york. and obviously here the frick, we have the frick collection, but just as the stories of frick and and and actually freaking carnegie died just a few months apart and when when carnegie knew he was coming towards the end of his days, he sent intermediaries to go to see frick because he wanted to try and patch things up and and frick responded, you can tell carnegie i'll see him. i'll see him in health. so there their stories are kind of linked together, but so too are the stories of frick and morgan. and so when titanic left, say, southampton on its maiden voyage on april 10th, 1912, both frick and rgan were meant to be on ar morgan had actually been negotiating with the u.s. government to removempt duties on art and antiquities and which had prevented him from bringing his collection over from london to new york and believing a deal was done. he booked his passage on titanic. he was actu

american talk show starprah winfrey is being immortalized in the halls of the smithsonian national portrait gallerywashington. she joins the ranks of presidents, major people from history, scientists, stars, and others. in the painting, she is holding an olive sprague in the garden of her california home. sean warren painted this and it is just narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ wow, you get to watch all your favorite stuff. it's to die for. now you won't miss a thing. this is the way. the xfinity 10g network. made for streaming. ♪ >> good evening. on the newshour tonight, several israeli soldiers are killed in an ambush in northern gaza. further south, floods add to the suffering in crowded refugee camps.

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the national portrait gallery in london, where there are thousands upon thousands of faces from the pastch year, we mark the passing of people we may never have met, there was an energy here that brought something out

the national portrait gallery in london, where there are thousands upon thousands of faces from the past and present. for centuries, we've immortalised them in pencil, paint and through the lens of a camera. and each year, we mark the passing of people we may never have met, but have meant so much to many of us. there was an energy here that brought something out in me, that excited me. in 2023, we lost legendary singers and composers... # there's only one bobby charlton! # ..sporting greats, political trailblazers. .. order, order, order! ..and household names on both the big and small screens. all men are fools, and what makes them so is having beauty, - like what i have got. laughter they've been part of our shared experience, woven into the storylines and soundtracks of our lives. good evening and thank you forjoining us. welcome to a new series. cheering and applause what made their lives so extraordinary? the lasting legacies of lives well lived. music: the best by tina turner still filling theatres here and around the globe, the story of tina turner. it's one of talent, pain, viol

the national portrait gallery in london, where there are thousands upon thousands of faces from the pastnd present. for centuries, we've immortalised them in pencil, paint and through the lens of a camera. and each year, we mark the passing of people we may never have met, but have meant so much to many of us. there was an energy here that brought something out in me, that excited me. in 2023, we lost legendary singers and composers... # there's only one bobby charlton! i # ..sporting greats, i political trailblazers. .. order, order, order! ..and household names on both the big and small screens. all men are fools, and what - makes them so is having beauty, like what i have got. laughter they've been part of our shared experience, woven into the storylines and soundtracks of our lives. good evening and thank you forjoining us. welcome to a new series. cheering and applause what made their lives so extraordinary? the lasting legacies of lives well lived. music: simply the best by tina turner still filling theatres here and around the globe, the story of tina turner. it's one of talent, p

an exhibition of paintings by hanna kryvolap opened in the halls of the national museum, kyiv art gallery. part of the exhibition are portraits that no one ordered and no one asked to write. from that time i started working and it seemed to me that i really, i should paint portraits, portraits of those people who bring this light to us through the darkness, and i don't have such, well if specifically... selection, these are people with whom i know them, these are the people i'm talking about they tell me, these are people with whom, as it were , my life touches, among the images of defenders and defenders there is also an image of maria nazarova, an instructor in tactical medicine, her portrait was inspired by a meeting with a girl, she explains, and was struck by her cheerfulness and strength, even in such dark times i'm delighted, i've never been to that side of the canvas, i really like it, i'm amazed that, in various fields of art, people find the desire to write about war. next to the portraits , the exhibition also exhibits a series of tapes, which combines pre-war works with curren