The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is continuing its San Antonio buying spree with an acquisition from Burnt Nopal’s Cruz Ortiz. The purchase follows close on the heels of the museum’s recent acquisition of Al Rendon’s photo of Chicano scholar Tomás Ybarra-Frausto. Ortiz’s painting also features Ybarra-Frausto — whom the Smithsonian honored with the Joseph Henry Medal […]
