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The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery is running an exhibition titled "Recognize! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture.".(The Week)(Brief article)

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The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery is running an exhibition titled "Recognize! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture." In addition to some faithfully reproduced graffiti and some gibberish "poems," it includes "patterned paintings of young African American men wearing the latest in hip hop street fashion." But fear not for tradition: "The theatrical poses and objects in the portraits are based on well-known images of ...

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