Obama, Barack

September 7, 2022

Painting Michelle Obama Took 9 Months. Keeping it Secret Took 6 Years.

Susan Sprung, an instructor at the Art Students League of New York, is a realist painter of the old school. When Sharon Sprung was chosen to […]
April 3, 2022

Want to Sell Out? Have a President Wear Your Watch.

Actively Black and Teleport Watches collaborated on a sports model — then Barack Obama was photographed with it on his wrist. On New Year’s Day, Michelle […]
August 26, 2020

Michael Smith, Decorator of the Obamas' White House, Has New Book

I was reading Michael Smith’s chronicle of designing the Obama White House, feeling serene, marinating in a luxurious world of wine-colored swatches and embossed mohair velvet […]
May 22, 2020

First Inklings of Fame

It is graduation season, and luminaries like Tina Fey, Oprah, Tom Hanks and Barack Obama are giving advice to graduates about starting their next chapter. Of […]
May 5, 2020

Barack Obama to Celebrate Graduating Seniors in at Least 3 Events

Graduating seniors across the United States who are missing traditional commencement events because of the coronavirus pandemic have had stars step up to fill the void. […]
February 3, 2018

The Look: Everyday Excellence

Advertisement As a child, I learned during our shortest month about Martin and Malcolm, Harriet and Sojourner. At home and in school they told of Benjamin […]
May 13, 2017

Table for Three: Sheryl Sandberg and Elizabeth Alexander on Love, Loss and What Comes Next

Table for Three By PHILIP GALANES WASHINGTON — “When I meet a woman wearing a ring on a chain around her neck, I know immediately: member […]
April 8, 2017

At Cafe Milano, Politicians Are Served Dinner and Peace of Mind

WASHINGTON — As the sun was setting one recent evening, two black Chevrolet Suburbans pulled up next to Cafe Milano, the Georgetown restaurant where some of […]
November 12, 2016

Breaking Up With Twitter

Twitter, the well-known but less-well-used social network of 140-character quips about the news, is polarizing. You’re either an addict, or you don’t get it. And if […]
July 21, 2016

You Can Take Jon Favreau Out of Washington …

LOS ANGELES — Stretched out on his living-room couch here, Jon Favreau watched Melania Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention on Monday night with little […]