Amy Sherald’s portraits are an unsettling fusion of the intimate and the unknown — allegories and archetypes with impossibly ...

Courtesy Sharon Sprung One of those requests came from the White House, which commissioned Sprung to paint the official White House portrait of Michelle Obama. “The Obamas looked through many ...

The artist who garnered fame at the Smithsonian and then painted the official portrait of Michelle Obama brings her unique style to ordinary people Tiffany Y. Ates Artist Amy Sherald, photographed ...

when both former president Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama returned to the White House to see both of their official portraits added to the White House collection. A post on X (formerly ...

She became a household name in 2018, when her portrait "Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, 2018," the official portrait of the former first lady, was unveiled alongside that of Kehinde Wiley's portrait ...

The swap was announced via the White House's official social media account ... Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama's portraits were painted by Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung, respectively.

The new painting, a picture of which the White House posted on its official account ... Obama and his wife, Michelle, to the White House for the unveiling of Obama’s portrait in 2022.