In Brief
White House Removes Bill Clinton and George W. Bush Portraits From Entrance Hall
The paintings have been removed from Trump’s daily route to the Oval Office and replaced with depictions of William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
George W. Bush
Art
Cowards, Autocrats, and Other Traitors
The stunning candor of George W. Bush’s new paintings establishes his reputation as a 21st-Century Goya, capable of uncovering the humanity in monsters.
Opinion
George W. Bush's Paintings Cannot Redeem Him
A piece in the New York Times about the former president's book of paintings is part reputation rehab, part art review, and part audition for the job of Bush’s headstone writer.
In Brief
Misunderestimated Painter George W. Bush Is Releasing an Art Book
As part of a continuing effort to paint over his legacy as a war criminal and the worst US president ever, George W. Bush will soon publish an art book.
News
Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Spanish police arrested seven people for Francis Bacon heist, a Picasso thief preyed on a Chelsea gallery, and an artist lost his head after someone stole his guillotine sculpture.
In Brief
George W. Bush Started His Art Career on His iPhone
Can George W. Bush eclipse his legacy as a war criminal and one of the worst presidents in American history by continuing to make weird nude self-portraits?
News
The Onion Skewers George W. Bush, the Painter
Yes, the world's favorite satirical site went there, and their latest video takes aim at former US President George W. Bush's latest hobby, painting.
News
"Wow. George Bush Is a Painter"
"Wow. George Bush is a painter," former president George W. Bush told NBC Today interviewers regarding the reception he imagines his paintings of world leaders will receive upon their public release tomorrow.
Opinion
George W. Bush's Aristocratic "Art"
Presidents have painted before, but that doesn't make this denunciation any less earned. Bush's diplomacy was bloody, criminal, and disastrous; his "personal diplomacy" is of the same murderous hand.
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News
Presenting the First Ever George W. Bush Painting Retrospective [UPDATED]
Now that former US President George W. Bush has been painting his retirement away, and his email is being hacked for a glimpse of the art he is producing, we thought it was time to give him a retrospective of sorts.
Opinion
What People Are Saying About George W. Bush's Bathroom Paintings
It should be expected that anything related to George W. Bush and art will generate discussion, so we couldn't wait to see the comments from the netizenry about the latest Presidential Sunday painter.
Opinion
Do Bush's Paintings Tell Us Anything About the Former President?
Thanks to a hacker with the odd sounding handle of Guccifer (Lucifer of Gucci?) we have all been blessed with a glimpse of the artistic private life of former US President George W. Bush. Guccifer tapped into various Bush emails from the period of 2009–2012, which included private correspondence and