In a perfect world, who would be the artist that captures the likeness of Obama for his official portrait?
Barack Obama
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Three Civil Rights Sites Become National Monuments
President Barack Obama designated as national monuments three Southern sites connected with the Civil Rights movement and post-Civil War Reconstruction.
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Outsider Art Fair to Host Readings of Obama’s Words Beginning on Inauguration Day
Fair attendees, invited guests, and members of the public are invited to recite quotes from the President’s speeches, interviews, and other appearances.
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Sly Memorials to US Presidents Past and Present
On first seeing an image of Barack Obama’s head festooned with small figurines of previous United States presidents I took an immediate dislike to Brian Tolle’s solo show POTUS at CRG Gallery.
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The Obamas Give the White House a Modern Art Makeover
Since John Adams first took up residence there in 1800, the White House has been adorned with a relatively safe, traditional collection of art.
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Obama Declares Tract of Nevada Desert, and Michael Heizer’s “City,” a National Monument
In March, the art world rallied to call for the protection of Nevada’s Basin and Range area, a landscape of rich archaeological resources and the site of Michael Heizer’s sprawling land art piece, “City” (1972–present).
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Shepard Fairey Has Lost All Hope in Obama
In the seven years since Shepard Fairey created what might be, to date, the most iconic artwork of the century — the “Hope” poster for Barack Obama’s 2008 US presidential campaign — its subject has had to make a lot of compromises and its creator has lost a lot of hope.
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A Painting for Every Day of Obama’s Presidency
DETROIT — Entering the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit for Rob Pruitt’s new exhibition, the viewer is enticed immediately by a meticulous grid of President Obama–themed, patriotic-colored paintings.
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Obama’s Presidential Library May Gobble Up Historic Chicago Parkland
Is it wrong to commandeer space intended for public enjoyment to bolster a political legacy?
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Artists Redraw Their Own Books
Some unique artist books are currently on view at Christie’s in New York.
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People Lose Their Minds Over Obama’s Art History Apology
US President Obama’s apology to University of Texas at Austin art history professor Ann Collins Johns has created a frenzy of media coverage but also some inexplicably strange responses.
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Marco Rubio Slams Obama’s Art History Apology
There comes a time when an American politician has to stand not for what’s popular, but what’s Right, what’s True.