Kehinde Wiley was already well into his influential art career when his portrait of Barack Obama — arms crossed, perched on a chair amid brilliant foliage — was unveiled in 2018. But there's no doubt it changed the artist's life. Here's one way he describes the shift: Now, should he...
The official portrait of Barack Obama contains some strange details. The creator of the painting, Kehinde Wiley, has a bizarre story. On February 12th, the official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama were unveiled at the famed Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the “nation’s only complet...
On Monday morning, former president Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrived at the National Portrait Gallery for the unveiling of their official portraits. The president’s was done by renowned Brooklyn-based artist Kehinde Wiley, while the the Baltimore-based Amy Sherald profiled the fo...
It was perhaps inevitable that controversy would surround the unveiling of former President Obama's official portrait in February 2018, given that it was painted by Kehinde Wiley, a gay African-American artist who is also a self-professedprovocateur. The Internet bristled with reproductions of two ...
Last week, Amy Sherald went from being a virtual unknown to one of the most talked-about artists in the world. On Monday her painting of Michelle Obama was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery, alongside Kehinde Wiley's portrait of President Barack Obama. ...
So for example, Kehinde Wiley, who you might know as the guy who painted Barack Obama’s presidential portrait, has a whole series of paintings where he places black bodies into more old school styles, so like Michael Jackson riding a very classical Napoleon-esque horse, or a black man hol...
but the thoughtful and majestic portraits of Americanfirst ladyMichelle Obamaand Pres.Barack Obamaby Amy Sherald andKehinde Wiley, respectively, two artists known for their portraits ofAfrican Americans, were widely praised in 2018 when they were unveiled at theNational Portrait Galleryin Washington, ...