He's also painted portraits of celebrities, including Spike Lee, Carmelo Anthony and former President Barack Obama. In his ...

This new creative spirit is evident in the canvases of John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama. Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of Barack Obama. (Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery) Aaron Shikler’s ...

Wiley, a Los Angeles-born New York-based artist, is known for painting the official portrait of President Barack Obama. In ...

On February 12, 2018, both Wiley and the artist Amy Sherald unveiled their official presidential portraits of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in ...

mourners flock to the National Portrait Gallery in search of solace American portraiture with its visual allure and pictorial storytelling made gun ownership desirable Kehinde Wiley’s painting ...

It is by Kehinde Wiley, the American artist who, to much fanfare in February, revealed his official portrait of Barack Obama to the world. It depicted the ex-President sitting in a mahogany chair ...