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While fighting the Portrait Gallery, Julian Raven has sought audiences with the federal courts, the Department of Justice, and Supreme Court chief justice John Roberts. Photograph by Jeff Elkins
New York-based artist Julian Raven became something of a right-wing celeb for his sprawling painting of Donald Trump complete with American flag-piercing bald eagle and border wall map and his subsequent legal battle with the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery to get it displayed. After the January 6 storming of the Capitol Building, however, the two-time Trump voter spoke out against his former hero, calling on him to resign. Now, the painter says the museum should not display a photo portrait of Trump destined for its presidential gallery when it reopens in the coming months.
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