Press Coverage
The New York Times | February 12, 2018
“Obama Portraits Blend Paint and Politics, and Fact and Fiction”
The Washington Post | February 12, 2018
“The Obamas’ portraits are not what you’d expect, and that’s why they’re great”
Vox | February 12, 2018
“The Obama Portraits are Direct, Vital, and Above All, Cool”
Vulture | February 12, 2018
“The Obamas’ Official Portraits Rise to the Occasion”
SF Gate | February 12, 2018
“Obama jokes SF art school grad had too much integrity: See the official Smithsonian portrait”
TIME | February 12, 2018
“Three Things to Know About Kehinde Wiley, the Artist Behind Barack Obama's New Portrait”
ABC7 NEWS | February 12, 2018
“Bay Area professor recalls former student, Obama portrait artist as ‘brilliant’”
Smithsonian | February 12, 2018
“Artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald Capture the Unflinching Gaze of the President and First Lady”
The New Yorker | February 13, 2018
“The Shifting Perspective in Kehinde Wiley’s Portrait of Barack Obama”
ArtNet | February 20, 2018
“The Obama Portraits Have Boosted Attendance to the National Portrait Gallery by More Than 300 Percent”
San Francisco Chronicle | June 5, 2018
“Modern maritime artist in SF plies high seas, then his brush”
SF Chronicle | January 25, 2018
“Sound sculptor Bill Fontana re-creates 1981 installation at Fort Mason”
KQED Arts | February 18, 2018
“Why Are You Hearing Foghorns on a Sunny Day?”
SF Weekly | February 22, 2018
“Bill Fontana and Sounds That Beg to Be Seen”
