Obama Portraits Tour Kicks of June 18th

In the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C, you would be able to find a beautiful portrait of Michelle Obama. However, this upcoming Sunday the portrait will be taken down to kick off the “Obama Portraits Tour.” According to The Hill, the painting of the former first lady by Amy Sherald and the oil-on-canvas portrait of former President Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley won’t return to D.C. until 2022. The tour will begin in Chicago on June 18th and will make other stops in cities such as Houston, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Atlanta.

In response to the painting, former First Lady Michelle Obama said “ I am humbled, I am honored, I am proud, but most of all, I am so incredibly grateful to all the people who came before me in this journey.”

Five cities. Two portraits. One tour.

Learn more about the #ObamaPortraitsTour at the Art Institute: https://t.co/JnLpj3Y8nE pic.twitter.com/sQ7ZfHTUtt

— The Art Institute of Chicago (@artinstitutechi) January 23, 2020

Source: BET