In 2017, in the first year of the Obama administration, the First Couple selected two up-and-coming Black artists to paint their official portraits: POTUS went for Kehinde Wiley, and FLOTUS for Amy ...

Complete collections of presidential portraits are found in the White House and on public display in the National Portrait ...

Since assuming the directorship of the National Portrait Gallery in ... made gun ownership desirable Kehinde Wiley’s painting is full of historical art references says Kim Sajet, the director ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Amy Sherald’s official portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama was revealed to the ... at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art before it visits New York and D.C. next ...

wrote Obama on social media. “Check them out if you’re looking to shake up your playlist – and let me know if there’s a song or artist I should make sure to listen to.” Earlier this year ...

A new photo exhibition is coming to the Minneapolis Institute of Art. "The True America: Photographs by Ernest Cole" will open on Feb. 1, showcasing the work of the South Africa-born artist who ...

As with much commentary from the Obama era, the discussion was rife with absurd and extreme reactions. “Obama’s Portrait Artist Has Habit Of Painting Black People BEHEADING White People,” read a ...

And the person at the helm is Tom Homan, a veteran of immigration law enforcement who served under the Obama administration and has been tapped by Trump to serve as border czar. “A lot of the ...

In 2016, then-President Barack Obama mocked a tweet in which Trump called him “perhaps the worst president in the history of the United States.” Obama responded, “At least I will go down as ...

During his first term, he sabotaged the previous federal push to encourage Americans to eat healthier, an initiative led by former First Lady Michelle Obama called “Let’s Move!,” which ...