Obama Portraits Draw Standing Room Only Crowd At The DeYoung

CBS San Francisco

February 3, 2023

It was standing room only Juneteenth weekend at the deYoung Museum, people coming to get a glimpse of American royalty and perhaps closer to the American dream.

President Barack Obama and first Lady Michelle's official White House paintings were touring the nation and will soon join the pantheon of former U.S. presidents who line the walls of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. All white males. Until now.

"The Obama portraits are, by definition, historic," says Tim Burguard, director …. "The first Black president, the first Black first lady. I would argue they're actually cultural icons, and for a lot of people, they become pilgrimage paintings."

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