Michelle Obama

05 Feb 2025

Amy Sherald’s “American Sublime” at SFMOMA: A Bold Celebration of Black Life

Amy Sherald’s exhibition, American Sublime, at SFMOMA brought together nearly 50 pieces from 2007 to the present, showcasing her evolution from early portraits to her more recent, incisive figure paintings, all which settled into everyday moments of Black life.

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13 Feb 2018

The Obama Portraits Break Tradition, And It’s About Time

Barack and Michelle Obama’s official portraits were unveiled yesterday in front of a crowd at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.  Like many good portraits, the occasion was packed with symbolism.  For starters, they chose Abraham Lincoln’s birthday to unveil the paintings.  Now, 153 years after the abolition of slavery in the

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09 Jan 2018

We have Your Oprah and Michelle 2020 Gear

With all the buzz going around about Oprah Winfrey possibly running for president in 2020 we couldn’t help but think that Michelle Obama would be a wonderful running mate. So we made a t-shirt about it. While the election is far away, and a million things could happen between now and

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