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

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 ...

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 ...

Michelle Obama took time to warm to Barack Obama's portrait by Kehinde Wiley. But she immediately took to her and Barack's White House portraits. Michelle was thrilled, gushing her appreciation to ...

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 ...

Wiley has recently become better known because of his official portrait of Barack Obama, unveiled this year, but Cullinan says he was also pleased to secure the work of Todd Gray, who's much less ...