Obamas official portraits - artists chosen
Because we all need an Obama fix today.
The Obamas Choose Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald to Paint Their Official Portraits for the Smithsonian
They will be the first black artists to officially paint a presidential couple.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kehinde-wiley-and-amy-sherald-tapped-to-paint-the-obamas-for-the-smithsonians-national-portrait-gallery-1116047
Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald have been commissioned to paint former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama’s official portraits for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.
Wiley and Sherald are the first black artists commissioned to paint a presidential couple, according to the Wall Street Journal.
“Both [painters] have achieved enormous success as artists, but even more, they make art that reflects the power and potential of portraiture in the 21st century,” said Kim Sajet, director of the National Portrait Gallery, in a statement.
Kehinde Wiley, Willem van Heythuysen (2005). Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Amy Sherald’s Welfare Queen (2012)
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