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2022
1 Season
6.7 (83)

The 2018 unveiling of the Obama portraits at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery marked the first public appearance of Barack and Michelle together since they left the White House. Now, they're hitting the road-the paintings that is-on a national tour. This series examines the legacy of the Obama presidency and how artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald were able to capture its significance through portraiture. We also follow the five-city tour and meet the organizers plus the everyday people flocking to see these groundbreaking artworks.

Picturing the Obamas is a series that ran for 1 seasons (1 episodes) between September 10, 2022 and on

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2. Portraits of Change

September 10, 2022

Since they were unveiled in 2018, the portraits of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have doubled the number of visitors to the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Now, a tour of the paintings is engaging millions more across the country. In this episode, we travel to stops in Atlanta, Houston, and Brooklyn to meet the curators and museumgoers inspired by the artworks and their subjects. We also discover firsthand how Michelle Obama and artist Amy Sherald worked together to create her stunning portrait.

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