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PHOTOS: Obama Portrait Unveiling at the Smithsonian

Written by Dan Swartz
| Published on February 12, 2018
PHOTOS: Obama Portrait Unveiling at the Smithsonian
All photographs by Dan Swartz.
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The National Portrait Gallery unveiled portraits of President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama Monday. Artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, who painted the former president and first lady’s portraits, respectively, were on hand for the ceremony in the Kogod Pavilion, as were many other famous faces. The portraits will go on display to the public beginning February 13.

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