to 9 halls that form a freshly refurbished wing of the national portrait gallery will house about 100e united by a series that inspires people. these will be portraits of charles dickens virginia. wulf skovuald and others among the authors of masterpieces lucian freud and that's it. this splendor will glorify the name of a businessman of soviet origin. leonid blavatnik, a spokesman for odessa , who studied at the yaroslavl school and at the moscow institute, the businessman moved to the usa in the seventy- eighth. he was 21 and had been for many years. he builds the image of a british american philanthropist, who does not spare money for art and education. russian oligarchs who are associated with some kind of charitable actions are not limited in any way, because basically. e british legislation has been tightening up regarding russian influence on e, direct investment and shareholdings in large british companies. in britain, in general, the surname of the blavatniks is easy to meet. the building of the gallery of modern art in london for 5 years, as they bear the name of their spons

for the unveiling of his portrait of humanitarian chef jose andres at the smithsonian's national portrait gallery explained how he sought to capture andres, whose world central kitchen serves hot meals around the globe to people in areas hard hit by natural disasters and conflict. kadir: well, my idea was to show, or depict jose andres in his environment. being the activist that he is, the philanthropist, an incredible chef, and how all of that has kind of come together in his world. whate emphasizes that he wants to feed the people familiar food. he looks at food in a way that's very -- it's very intimate, very personal. and it's a way to not only sustain people, but to uplift people, to carry them through these difficult moments that they're faced with. geoff: can you walk us through your technique? i mean, how do you envision something like this in your mind's eyand actually bring it to fruition? how do you make this happen? kadi well, first i had to meet jose and his family and try to get to know him, to understand him and his mission and what's important to him. i think we were having dinner

of her war, how the girls managed to get into the pmc and why such a call sign chris the national portrait galleryon will name the whole krylov in honor of leonid blavatnik in england his accepted american-british medicine there, why is the museum community embarrassed to remember that the oblovatnik was born in the soviet union and earned a huge fortune on russian oil. so , the russian ministry of defense spoke about the goals of a massive strike on the territory of ukraine a day earlier, as specified as a result of numerous missile launches, the railway transfer in the combat area of ​​the fso reserves, as well as army equipment and ammunition , was significantly disrupted. the propagandist of the zelensky regime, of course, claims the opposite, they publish videos, judging by which in the city some buildings caught fire, allegedly from a hit by russian high-precision weapons. well, in general, they accuse moscow of targeted attacks, and on civilian infrastructure, they say, they even found and photographed fragments of one of the missiles. although specifically, this picture is ukrainian resour

her career, how the girls managed to get into the pmc and why such a call sign chris the national portrait galleryon will name the whole krylov in honor of leonid blavatnik in england it is customary to dress him as an american patron of art. why is it embarrassing for the museum community to remember that the sledgehammer was born in the soviet union and earned a huge fortune on russian oil. so the russian defense ministry spoke about the goals of a massive strike on the territory of ukraine a day earlier, as specified as a result of numerous missile launches, the railway transfer was significantly disrupted. it is important to emphasize in the area of ​​military operations of the reserves of the armed forces of ukraine, as well as army equipment and ammunition. this time they didn’t hit the capital of kiev. however, the propagandists of the zelensky regime, of course, claim the opposite, they publish a video, judging by which some buildings caught fire in the city, allegedly from the hit of russian precision weapons . well, in general they accuse moscow of targeted attacks on civilian infrastruc

now, of course, national portrait gallery. they remain in sort of federal custody, even though the lee family claims their ownership all through the end of the 19th century, their loan, philadelphia, they're sent for the centennial. here's image probably of the dini tentn splay during the centennial exhibition. it's not till 1901 that president mckinley finally returns these items to the lee family, and shortly thereafter they're taken out of the smithsonian. this is in front of the old brick castle there at the smithsonian. the tents re taken out, set up and photographed maybe 1900 in 1905. you're looking in the end entrance of the dining tent, the sleeping in office tent, the first oval office you see often the background. they've just got the roof of it up. and if you can make out the fellow in the straw bowler cap, that's a smithsoan curator who's actually cooking with washington's original mess kit, which is definitely frowned upon by curators and conservat orders today. but that sort of brings us full scale speed. then b

of a new, exhibit the smithsonian portrait galleries honoring extraordinary people with individual portraits. last, night they were revealed at the portrait of a nationup in force. each other's handpicked by the curators from a list of people of remarkable character and achievement. this, year that list included extraordinary black women who are inspiring the nation, and a host of different people who all contribute to what makes america truly great. i had the honor of talking to a couple of the artists chosen to create the beautiful portraits of the honorees, as well as three honor is chosen to be immortalized on the wall. i adam artist what inspired, them but i started by asking honorees, doctor anthony fauci, filmmaker and producer eva duvernay and chef jose andrÉs, would have liked to be placed on the wall. take a listen. >> well, it was humbling, joy is obviously. but i think i'd be important to a category two deserved of my portrait not only together with the individuals who are being honored tonight. i mean, mary bright edelman and the william sisters and others, it's really something special. also everybody else who is in this. it was a daunt

century they have of these and they built what's now the smithsonian american art museum and national portrait gallery building in order to put these on display for the public, but you know, if you imagine people visiting this gallery, they could purchase a guidebook, but there would all be a lot of different people interacting with these objects at once you would have patent office clerks and examiners who are using these to to adjudicate, you know, competing claims to to the novelty of an invention, but you also would have visitors to this gallery kind of alongside each other and i guess finally, you know, i mentioned at the beginning that you know a number of these museums were attached to different kinds of educational institutions. so whether that's an academy or even a college and university and so, you know, for example at harvard the the museum of comparatives zoology, which was founded in 1859, there were numerous students who worked there, you know spending hours and hours comparing, you know specimens in the collections, but you had these women assistants who were who are working closely wi

now, of course, national portrait gallery. they remain in sort of federal custody, even though the lee family claims their ownership all through the end of the 19th century, their ln, philadelphia, they're sent for the centennial. here's an image probably of the diningen on diladuring the centennial exhibition. it's not till 1901 that esident mckinley finally returns these items to the lee family, and shortly thereafter they're taken out of the smithsonian. this is in front of the old brick castle there at the smithsonian. the tents we ten out, set up and photographed maybe 1900 in 1905. you're looking in the end entrance of the dining tent, the sleeping in office tent, the first oval office you see often the background. they've just got the roof of it up. and if you can make out the fellow in the straw bowler cap, that's a smithsoni cator who's actually cooking with washington's original mess kit, which is definitely frowned upon by curators and conservator orders today. but that sort of brings us full scale speed. then back