Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Newly unveiled portrait of President Barack Obama, National Portrait Gallery
Locals are flocking to the National Portrait Gallery to see the newly unveiled portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. The painting of the former President, by acclaimed contemporary artist Kehinde Wiley, reveals just how much the presidential portraiture has changed over the centuries. Kate Lemay, historian with the National Portrait Gallery, joins us to discuss the tradition, and the role of portraits in the digital age.
Guests
- Kate Lemay Lead Historian of America’s Presidents, National Portrait Gallery @KCLemay
PHOTOS: Presidential Portraits At The National Portrait Gallery
Harry S. Truman by Jay Wesley Jacobs
Dwight D. Eisenhower by Thomas Edgar Stephens
John F. Kennedy by Elaine de Koonig
Lyndon B. Johnson by Peter Hurd
Richard Nixon by Norman Rockwell
Gerald Ford by Everett Raymond Kinstler
Jimmy Carter by Robert Clark Templeton
Ronald Reagan by Everett Raymond Kinstler
George Bush by Ronald N. Sherr
Bill Clinton by Chuck Close
George W. Bush by Robert A. Anderson
Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley
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