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The Obama Portraits Tour
November 7, 2021–January 2, 2022
Member Previews: November 4–6
Featuring the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery's official portraits of President Barack Obama by Kehinde Wiley and Mrs. Michelle Obama by Amy Sherald, The Obama Portraits Tour enhances conversations surrounding the power of portraiture and its potential to engage communities.
Black American Portraits
November 7, 2021–April 17, 2022
Member Previews: November 4–6
Black American Portraits features 200 years of Black American subjects, sitters, and spaces, centering Black love, abundance, family, community, and exuberance. This selection of approximately 150 works draws primarily from LACMA’s permanent collection and chronicles the ways in which Black Americans have used portraiture to envision themselves in their own eyes.
LACMA members enjoy special perks and exclusive viewing opportunities, including:
- Invitations to see the galleries before the general public during Member Previews, November 4–6
- A private viewing for members at the Friend level and above on November 13
- After-hours access to the galleries on Member Mondays, including extended hours for shopping and dining—plus the ability to bring a friend for free to December’s Holiday Member Monday
- Additional dedicated members-only viewing hours in November and December
- Expedited entry to The Obama Portraits Tour galleries via a members-only queue
The Obama Portraits Tour is organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Support for the national tour has been generously provided by
Black American Portraits is organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Support for The Obama Portraits Tour in Los Angeles and Black American Portraits:
Presented by
Principal sponsorship provided by Snapchat 
Major support provided by Janine Sherman Barrois and Lyndon J. Barrois, Sr.; Ina Coleman; Brickson E. Diamond; The Claire Falkenstein Foundation; Kristen Boggs Jaeger and Jeffrey Jaeger; Jill Lawrence and Paul Koplin in honor of Martha Koplin; Arthur R. Lewis; and Janet Dreisen Rappaport.
Generous support provided by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®; Stanley and Joyce Black Family Foundation; Kimberly A. Blackwell; Lizzie and Steve Blatt; Ava L. Coleman and Debra L. Lee; Far Western Region, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®; Danny First; Foundation for Advancement in Conservation and Tru Vue, Inc.; Gail and George Knox; Chrystal and Melvin D. Lindsey; Issa Rae; Jason and Susan Riffe; Julie and Bennett Roberts, Roberts Projects; V. Joy Simmons, MD; Ryan Tarpley; and Abbey Wemimo and Taylor Goodridge.
All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by Meredith and David Kaplan, with generous annual funding from Kevin J. Chen, Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Emily and Teddy Greenspan, Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross, Mary and Daniel James, David Lloyd and Kimberly Steward, Kelsey Lee Offield, Lenore and Richard Wayne, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto.
Image credit (HEADER AND SOCIAL): Kehinde Wiley, Barack Obama, 2018, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution © 2018 Kehinde Wiley; Amy Sherald, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (detail), 2018, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.The National Portrait Gallery is grateful to the generous donors who made these commissions possible and proudly recognizes them at npg.si.edu/obamaportraitstour; Otis Kwame Quaiecoe, Lady on Blue Couch (detail), 2019, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of John Auerbach and Ed Tang, © Otis Kwame Quaiecoe, courtesy of the artist and Roberts Projects Los Angeles; Bisa Butler, Forever (detail), 2020, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of D'Rita and Robbie Robinson, © Bisa Butler, photo courtesy of the artist and Claire Oliver Gallery, New York; Sargent Claude Johnson, Chester, 1930, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Mrs. William J. Robertson in memory of her father Adolph Loewi, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA; Ada Pinkston, The Open Hand is Blessed, 2021, in collaboration with LACMA × Snapchat: Monumental Perspectives, © Ada Pinkston, image courtesy of Snap Inc.; Portrait of a Sailor (Paul Cuffe?) (detail), United States, circa 1800, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Cecile Bartman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA