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Portraits of Obamas are game changers

Hats off to artists Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley for their ground-breaking portraits of, respectively, Michelle and Barack Obama, unveiled this week and added to the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery. These inspiring works will forever change how … Continue reading

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Kathy Griffin’s double fail

Michelle Obama once told us everything we need to know about maintaining a sense of honor and dignity during these woeful times of bitterness and divide. She said, “When they go low, we go high.” Kathy Griffin, alleged comedienne, certainly … Continue reading

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SCOTUS slugfest – the people have already spoken

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Shepard Fairey guilty of criminal contempt

At the intersection of politics and pop culture we find Shepard Fairey and his iconic 2008 painting of Barack Obama, which one art critic said was the most effective political poster since Uncle Sam’s “I Want You.” In a sardonic … Continue reading

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