Kehinde Wiley Becomes 1st African-American to execute an official presidential portrait for the National Portrait Gallery
Kehinde Wiley is a Yale University-trained painter famous for his highly naturalistic paintings of African-Americans in heroic poses. The painter made history on Monday the 12th of February, when a portrait he made of former American President, Barack Obama was unveiled at Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, a rite of passage for most former presidents, all of whom […]