The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery presents “The Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today,” featuring 35 portraits (by 36 artists) from the museum’s seventh triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. The juried selection draws from more than 3,300 entries, and includes artist contributions from 14 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Taína Caragol, senior curator of painting and sculpture for the National Portrait Gallery, is the director of the 2025 competition. She and Charlotte Ickes, curator of time-based media art and special projects for the Portrait Gallery, are co-organizing the exhibition.

“The Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today” will be on view at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., from October 18, 2025, through August 30, 2026.