Smithsonian To Send Popular Obama Portraits On A National Tour
(ArtsJournal Music)

Kehinde Wiley´s official portrait of President Obama and Amy Sherald´s painting of the first lady, like the Obamas themselves, broke boundaries. L.A.-born, New York-based Wiley and New York-based Sherald were the first African American artists to be chosen by the National Portrait Gallery for such commissions. – Los Angeles Times