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Hide/Seek

“Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture”—National Portrait Gallery, through Feb. 13, 2011

“Hide/Seek” considers such themes as the role of sexual difference in depicting modern America, how artists explored sexuality and gender, how major themes in modern art were influenced by this form of marginalization and how art reflects society’s evolving and changing attitudes.

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Posted: 18 November 2010
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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.