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    VwtifuljoeAngela Helm
    2/27/19 8:45pm

    I actually went to that gallery (semi-voluntarily, it was for Dad’s birthday back during the Obama years), and it is full of amazing portraits, as well as many other great pieces. Dubya's made him look like the folksy dumbass he is, and Eisenhower actually painted his own. The one that I starkly remember was of Christopher Reeves, post accident. I love the floral background of Obama's portrait.

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      UghNotVwtifuljoe
      2/28/19 4:05am

      Question:

      Dwight D. Eisenhower - last good Republican President?

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      VwtifuljoeUghNot
      2/28/19 6:53am

      I don’t really know much about Eisenhower, except that the interstate highway system is named after him.

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    iculookinAngela Helm
    2/28/19 5:28am

    I still wish Michelle got a portrait that mirrored Barack’s. Her’s just never looked quite right to me.

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    FuckerCarlsonAngela Helm
    2/28/19 1:08pm

    Barack Obama’s portrait looks like the idea for a drawing that I would have in my head.

    Michelle Obama’s portrait looks like what I would actually draw on paper.

    It’s almost impossible to ask someone to match Kehinde Wiley’s masterpiece, but Amy Sherald’s doesn’t do service to such an amazing, beautiful woman as Michelle Obama.

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    Splendid FairywrenAngela Helm
    2/28/19 4:44pm

    I’ve made specific visits to this museum and it is by far the most underrated, large art museum on the East Coast.

    They have a treasure trove of things in a high capacity area that looks like an old library stack, beyond the main galleries.

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    MartinisAreLovelyAngela Helm
    2/27/19 4:38pm

    Obama’s portrait is so so beautiful. And I know a lot of people didn’t like Michelle’s portrait, but I loved it. 

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    Rogue-Jyn-TonicAngela Helm
    2/27/19 6:41pm

    And you know what? They still hold up. They’re both really quite extraordinary.

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