Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Art Barack Obama's Art Collection
Posted by Corinna Kirsch on Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:13 AM
- Photo by Richard Frasier
- President Barack Obama presents artist Frank Stella with a 2009 National Medal of Arts award.
As we parade into election season, any second spent thinking about anything other than politics seems downright un-American. Keeping that in mind, don’t be surprised if our listicles over the next few months have a surprisingly political bent. Don’t you want to know Mitt Romney’s favorite artworks? Well, you’ll find that out next week. This week, we take a snapshot look at the White House’s art collection. When Barack Obama first took office, there was a flurry of excitement surrounding which artworks he would add to the White House. What do these works tell us about Barack—and Michelle? Well, it’s hard to tell, so we paired each painting with a quotation by one of the Obamas. Read through this slide show and you’ll almost certainly learn something about the presidential couple you didn’t already know.
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