Beyoncé's Vogue Portrait Is About To Grace The Walls Of The Smithsonian — As It Should

As soon as Beyoncé graced the cover of Vogue in September 2018, jaws dropped around the world. Not only did the music icon look absolutely stunning in everything she wore, from bold floral headdresses to a pointed halolike hat, although that single provide problem of the rather coveted style magazine truly made history. As a result of the history-making cover — which was shot by 23-year-old Tyler Mitchell, the initial Black photographer to ever shoot a Vogue cover — Beyoncé's portrait will right now be featured on the walls of the Smithsonian.


Mitchell took to Twitter on Tuesday (August 6) to share to the exhilarating news. "A year ago today we broke the floodgates open," he wrote. Right now I'm glad to share this picture is being received into the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery's permanent collection." And the National Portrait Gallery is just as thrilled. "We're just so crazy in love with her that we had to do it!" The gallery tweeted. "We look forward to adding this new work to our collection." That makes all of us.


The portraits included in the collection feature a collection of notable figures, including scientists, inventors, politicians, athletes, movie stars, and yes, musicians. In other words, Beyoncé will fit right in. And the fact that we'll soon have the ability to physically bow down to a portrait of Queen Bey the next time we're in Washington D.C. Is honestly pretty cool.


However alas, you probably shouldn't book your trip to the nation's capital quite nevertheless. The Smithsonian hasn't revealed once the portrait will officially be on display to the public, and we definitely wouldn't want you to miss it. "We'll be sure to keep each person posted any time the portrait goes up," the gallery tweeted. The anticipation is real.