The World Loves 44!

Obama’s portrait has been on display at the @NPG for six months and there’s still a line to see it. pic.twitter.com/VMisOoiYUt

— Emily Graslie 📺🦕🦖 (@Ehmee) September 23, 2018

Queens

You Got That Right

My favorite headline EVER 😍 pic.twitter.com/s08S5u7w2r

— xannie the nanny (@AnnieMcCarren) March 20, 2018

World Leaders

This historic photo of two world leaders discussing their ideas is really inspiring pic.twitter.com/yU6MIhYWGB

— aggi (@agerenesh) March 6, 2018

‘Our Collective Imagination’

https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/969716832562302976

Even when out of sight, the Obamas continue to leverage the collective imagination of the American people like no one else https://t.co/9lMuVKfF3H

— WIRED (@WIRED) March 1, 2018

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New from me: People Are Crying Over This Photo Of A Little Girl Staring At Michelle Obama's Portrait https://t.co/RMvAGdb1Qj

— David Mack (@davidmackau) March 2, 2018

I spoke to the guy who took this (instantly iconic) photo of a little girl staring at @MichelleObama's portrait: "It was so touching and uplifting for me to see this beautiful child looking at a beautiful portrait of a powerful woman." https://t.co/1PUY8Aau4K pic.twitter.com/kVpdBQERGO

— David Mack (@davidmackau) March 2, 2018

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Everyone, meet 2-year-old Parker Curry. "In the world we live in today, I'm just trying to raise a little girl who has opportunities to see women who look like her doing great things," her mom Jessica told me https://t.co/0gBu6FaHFF pic.twitter.com/FSr6Y8cTXc

— David Mack (@davidmackau) March 2, 2018

Same Y’all. Same.

come back pic.twitter.com/R3SZ7Pmdf5

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 12, 2018

“We miss you guys”, @BarackObama. “We miss you more”, the audience. pic.twitter.com/3q11gCWNWD

— Valerie Jarrett (@ValerieJarrett) February 12, 2018

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THESE PORTRAITS ARE UNLIKE ANYTHING A PRESIDENT HAS EVER DONE. IM CRYING ITS SO BEAUTIFUL.

— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) February 12, 2018

They’re incredible. I miss them so. https://t.co/8CVg2EOz3K

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 12, 2018

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help us pic.twitter.com/dbjYjz2CsW

— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 12, 2018

https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/963078607622037505

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https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/963078740191465474

Kehinde talked about his use of florals specifically, saying he chose flowers from Chicago, Kenya and Hawaii as his interpretation of "charting [Obama's] path on earth through these plants" https://t.co/7mVl2W78kY

— Christina Coleman Mullen (@ChrissyCole) February 12, 2018

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Barack Obama looks at Michelle the way all women want to be looked at by a lover. https://t.co/VVkX90UODP pic.twitter.com/cED3z5bVB5

— ESSENCE (@Essence) February 12, 2018

Exclusive: Pres. Barack Obama’s official portraitist, Kehinde Wiley, tells me that the Obamas “are signalling to the rest of the world that it is okay to occupy skin that happens to look like this.” https://t.co/W54G31oy2v

— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) February 12, 2018

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Full interview: https://t.co/1c3yBbBRe1 ... and tonight at 11pm ET on @PBS! https://t.co/Oj9r6j4996

— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) February 12, 2018

Today, @BarackObama and @MichelleObama became the first presidential couple to be painted by African American artists for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. https://t.co/gKAZ47b2Oh pic.twitter.com/mM3LGxFgxO

— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) February 12, 2018

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https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/963082184801308673

https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti/status/963080525320736768

Forever Historic

 

Artist: Kehinde Wiley

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Artist: Amy Sherald