Famed African American painter Kehinde Wiley paints Barack Obama - tieless, arms resolutely crossed while seated, floating amidst a vivid background of chrysanthemums, jasmine and African blue lilies. We’re mentioning it again since it’s a rare chance to see two paintings representing a dramatic departure from the staid and stilted presidential portraits of years past. We mentioned this show in our Summer Arts Guide. (Courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Right: Amy Sherald, 'Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama,' 2018. 30 Left: Kehinde Wiley, 'Barack Obama,' 2018. Choose your theme and keep your eyes and mind wide open! ' The Obama Portraits Tour' There’s an opportunity to glory in the graphic and arresting presidential portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama, the last stop of these official commissioned paintings in a long national tour, as well as a chance to delve into the wild and wacky world of American alternative comics. This year, local museums are offering exhibits revolving around such themes as childhood, food justice and the environment. That means, to our glee, that it’s once again time for the fall art season.

Lazy summer days are morphing into cooler, crisper ones. (Courtesy the artist Charlie Littlewood DACS/Artimage, London ARS, New York and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Frank Bowling, 'Palimpsest I - Mothers House DarkRedGreen,' 1966.

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