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Artnet News interviews the artists behind the new Obama portraits: painters Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung.

The former President and First Lady’s pictures participated in a ceremony that had not been held since before they lived in the mansion.

White house today. >> barack and michelle, welcome home. greeted by over -- a minute of stain applause. former president obama and first lady michelle obama in the east room for the unveiling of their official white house portraits. >> nothing could have prepared be better to become president of the united states than to be at your side for eight years. >> president biden inviting mr. and mrs. obama to the stage, where they lifted blue curtains to reveal their portraits, first by the artist sharon sprung. >> i want to thank sharon sprung for capturing everything i love about michelle. her grac...

Barack and Michelle Obama attended an official portrait unveiling ceremony hosted by President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden at the White House.

The official likenesses of former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama commissioned by the White House Historical Association were unveiled this morning in the building’s East Room. The ceremony, presided over by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden and attended by the Obamas, was the first of its kind in ten years. Historically, each arriving president has invited his predecessor and their spouse for the reveal of the pair’s official portraits, which hang in the Grand Foyer of the White House alongside those of their own predecessors. Former president Donal...