Obama’s portrait has been on display at the @NPG for six months and there’s still a line to see it. https://t.co/VMisOoiYUt
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Emily Graslie 🌸🐝 (@Ehmee) September 23, 2018Posts Tagged ‘Kehinde
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An Awesome Dance Party
Parker, I'm so glad I had the chance to meet you today (and for the dance party)! Keep on dreaming big for yoursel… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) March 06, 201816
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We Only Acknowledge One POTUS
The line to take a photo of Obama’s portrait stretches out of the Portrait Gallery, into a stairwell, and out into… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) February 16, 201813
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Same Y’all. Same.
come back https://t.co/R3SZ7Pmdf5
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christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 12, 2018“We miss you guys”, @BarackObama. “We miss you more”, the audience. https://t.co/3q11gCWNWD
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Valerie Jarrett (@ValerieJarrett) February 12, 2018****
THESE PORTRAITS ARE UNLIKE ANYTHING A PRESIDENT HAS EVER DONE. IM CRYING ITS SO BEAUTIFUL.
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Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) February 12, 2018They’re incredible. I miss them so. twitter.com/akilahobviousl…
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christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 12, 2018****
help us https://t.co/dbjYjz2CsW
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christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 12, 2018Can we talk about how stunningly powerful it is to see a black man in a garden the way Kehinde Wiley painted Barack… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Brittany Packnett (@MsPackyetti) February 12, 2018****
Kehinde talked about his use of florals specifically, saying he chose flowers from Chicago, Kenya and Hawaii as his… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Christina Coleman (@ChrissyCole) February 12, 2018****
Barack Obama looks at Michelle the way all women want to be looked at by a lover. trib.al/5sUlEYZ https://t.co/cED3z5bVB5
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ESSENCE (@Essence) February 12, 2018Exclusive: Pres. Barack Obama’s official portraitist, Kehinde Wiley, tells me that the Obamas “are signalling to th… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) February 12, 2018****
Full interview: cnn.it/2EZVNXo ... and tonight at 11pm ET on @PBS! twitter.com/camanpour/stat…
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Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) February 12, 2018Today, @BarackObama and @MichelleObama became the first presidential couple to be painted by African American artis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
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The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) February 12, 2018****
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Forever Historic
Artist: Kehinde Wiley
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Artist: Amy Sherald
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Champions Of The Arts
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Kelly Crow: Obamas Choose Rising Stars To Paint Their Official Portraits
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has commissioned a pair of rising-star artists—New York’s Kehinde Wiley and Baltimore’s Amy Sherald—to paint its official portraits of the former president and first lady. Both artists have exhibited widely, but this presidential assignmentamounts to a coup as they follow in the footsteps of artists like Gilbert Stuart, whose portraits of George Washington are considered masterpieces. The Obamas also made a point to champion the arts during their time in the White House, which has heightened art-world curiosity over which artists they would choose.
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The Smithsonian confirmed Thursday that former President Barack Obama has asked to be painted by Mr. Wiley, a 40-year-old artist best known for his vivid portraits of young, black men in imperious, Old-Master poses. Ms. Sherald, a 44-year-old artist known for painting surreal portraits of elegant black women, will paint Ms. Obama. Ms. Sherald’s signature style is to use a palette of grays instead of skin tones to capture her subjects’ faces and hands. Anticipation in art circles is high because the Obamas have chosen artists with major followings. The Smithsonian’s set of presidential and first-lady portraits remains distinct from the White House’s own collection of portraits, though. Mr. Wiley and Ms. Sherald are the first black artists hired by the Smithsonian to paint a president and his first lady.
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