He's also painted portraits of celebrities, including Spike Lee, Carmelo Anthony and former President Barack Obama. In his ...

This new creative spirit is evident in the canvasses of John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama. Kehinde Wiley’s portrait depicts Barack Obama in a suit with an open collar sitting in an armchair in a ...

On February 12, 2018, both Wiley and the artist Amy Sherald unveiled their official presidential portraits of Barack Obama and Michelle Obama for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in ...

Wiley, a Los Angeles-born New York-based artist, is known for painting the official portrait of President Barack Obama. In ...

mourners flock to the National Portrait Gallery in search of solace American portraiture with its visual allure and pictorial storytelling made gun ownership desirable Kehinde Wiley’s painting ...

In 2017, in the first year of the Obama administration, the First Couple selected two up-and-coming Black artists to paint their official portraits: POTUS went for Kehinde Wiley, and FLOTUS for Amy ...

It is by Kehinde Wiley, the American artist who, to much fanfare in February, revealed his official portrait of Barack Obama to the world. It depicted the ex-President sitting in a mahogany chair ...