E. Warren Perry, Jr.

Warren Perry interviewed on Fox 5 Morning News in Washington, DC

Warren was interviewed on Fox 5 Morning news this morning as Curator of the Echoes of Elvis exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Here is the video of the interview:

This Saturday, NPG will host an Elvis-themed family day, "Elvis is in the Building," with curator-led tours, an Elvis costume contest, Elvis tribute artist performing, and Elvis' lifelong friend George Klein will be on hand to sign his new book.

Warren Perry, Curator of Echoes of Elvis, will give gallery talk on sculpture of Elvis Presley by Robert Arneson

Thursday, January 14. This evening's Face to Face Portrait Talk will feature Warren Perry, Curator of One Life: Echoes of Elvis at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, discussing "Elvis" by Robert Arneson, a monumental glazed ceramic sculpture of Elvis Presley as Julius Caesar.

Face to Face Talks are free to the public on Thursdays from 6 - 6:30 pm. Visitors meet in the G Street Lobby of the Portrait Gallery on 9th Street NW between F and G Streets, NW in Washington, DC.

Click here to view the work: Elvis by Robert Arneson, 1978, glazed ceramic, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of the Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation, 1985

Click here for more information about the One Life: Echoes of Elvis  exhibition.

Echoes of Elvis opened Friday, January 8th at National Portrait Gallery

One Life: Echoes of Elvis, curated by Warren Perry, opened to the public Friday at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. The press preview took place Thursday morning, and already several news outlets (especially Brett Zongker at Associated Press) have begun to broadcast their interviews and information.

Check out the growing list of published articles:

NPR - Weekend Edition, January 9, 2010 (includes a link to the audio interview with Warren on  All Things Considered)

Washington Times

NPR (AP Story - radio interview will be on Weekend Edition Saturday or Sunday)

Kuwait Times (AP) - no kidding!

WTOP.com (AP)

ABC News (AP)

CBC News (AP) - Canadian news organization

Access Atlanta (AP)

The Miami Herald (AP)

Newser.com (AP) - Put on your Blue Suede Shoes - includes a great slideshow of installation shots from gallery

San Diego News (AP)

Around the Mall (Smithsonian Institution Blog)

Even other languages!

Czech

Indonesia

China

Click here for the link to the National Portrait Gallery's website devoted to Echoes of Elvis

I'll continue to update as more articles and interviews are available in the next few days.

Face to Face Portrait Talk on Muhammad Ali and Elvis by Warren Perry January 7

Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 6:00 pm. Warren Perry, Curator of the One Life: Echoes of Elvis exhibition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, will give a Face-to-Face Portrait Talk on Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali this Thursday evening. The lecture will feature a portrait of Ali by artist Henry C. Casselli, Jr. titled Cat's Cradle (1981, oil on canvas). (Image courtesy of National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Sig Rogich Family Trust, copyright Henry Casselli, 2002)

Face to Face Portrait Talks are free to the public and take place on Thursday evenings from 6 - 6:30 pm at the National Portrait Gallery, on 9th Street NW between F and G Streets, NW in Washington, DC. Visitors should meet in the F Street Lobby of the museum at 6 pm.

Interview with Warren Perry in January 2010 issue of ArtNews

January 4, 2010. Check out the current issue of Artnews magazine, available for sale now; Warren is quoted by contributing writer Rachel Wolff in the January 2010 issue, which contains an article on page 22 that describes both the Echoes of Elvis exhibition opening at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery this Friday, January 8 (what would have been Elvis Presley's 75th  birthday) and the traveling Elvis at 21 exhibition, which also opens this Friday at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, CA. Echoes of Elvis will have a press preview on Thursday morning, then will be open to the public on Friday at 11:00 am. The exhibition will be on view at the National Portrait Gallery until August 22, 2010.