Portrait Gallery

One of the world’s only permanent galleries dedicated entirely to portraiture of women and gender expansive people.

From Rhode Island to across the globe, our growing collection and yearly shows highlight the historic and ongoing impact of women and gender expansive people. Our thematic rotating shows feature newly commissioned portraits as well as facsimiles of archival and modern day images. Portraiture is visual biography, melding artistic expression with historical interpretation. We invite you to stop in and leave inspired.