The ‘Iconic’ Obama Portraits Are Set to Tour the Country, Stopping in Five Cities
The portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will go on a nationwide tour in 2021 that will stop in five different cities. In a…
The portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will go on a nationwide tour in 2021 that will stop in five different cities.
In a press release, the National Portrait Gallery noted the fame of the paintings, writing, “From the moment of their unveiling at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in February 2018, the museum’s official portraits of President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama have become iconic.”
The tour will begin in June 2021 and last until May of 2022.
Here’s the schedule:
Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago—June 18, 2021–Aug. 15, 2021
Brooklyn Museum; Brooklyn, New York—Aug. 27, 2021–Oct. 24, 2021
Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Los Angeles—Nov. 5, 2021–Jan. 2, 2022
High Museum of Art; Atlanta—Jan. 14, 2022–March 13, 2022
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Houston—March 25, 2022–May 30, 2022
In a statement, the gallery’s director, Kim Sajet, said