The Trump administration destroyed a portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama while demolishing the East Wing of the White House in October 2025. Rating: False (About this rating?) Context: The ...
A viral photo showing the demolished East Wing of the White House has sparked a wave of false claims online — including one suggesting that Michelle Obama’s official portrait was destroyed in the ...
It’s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, for the unveiling of their White House portraits, part of a beloved ...
Amy Sherald, “Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama,” 2018. Oil on linen (photo courtesy the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution) Ever since Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald’s official ...
The portraits were done by acclaimed African-American artists, Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald. "Pretty sharp!" Barack Obama quipped of his portrait, painted by Kehinde Wiley, an artist best known for ...
National Portrait Gallery unveils official Obama portraits in a ceremony (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) WASHINGTON, DC — The official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama joined the ...
The groundbreaking portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama — painted by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, respectively — will go on view at the Brooklyn Museum ...