A viral photo showing the demolished East Wing of the White House has sparked a wave of false claims online — including one suggesting that Michelle Obama’s official portrait was destroyed in the ...

The Trump administration destroyed a portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama while demolishing the East Wing of the White House in October 2025. Rating: False (About this rating?) Context: The ...

It’s been more than a decade since President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, welcomed back George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, for the unveiling of their White House portraits, part of a beloved ...

Amy Sherald, “Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama,” 2018. Oil on linen (photo courtesy the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution) Ever since Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald’s official ...

*Former president and first lady Barack and Michelle Obama will be going on a five-city museum tour that started earlier this summer. Actually, Barack and Michelle themselves won’t be touring, but ...

National Portrait Gallery unveils official Obama portraits in a ceremony (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) WASHINGTON, DC — The official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama joined the ...