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May 1 2026
The Audacity of Art at the Obama Presidential Center

Scrolling through this story with all of its beautiful images made me tear up for what we had with 44, and what we’ve lost with 45/47.

“It’s a new approach and shows his sensitivity to how a presidency can be reflected in the culture,” said the presidential historian Michael Beschloss. “This is a president who, from the time he began running through the length of his presidency, loved contemporary culture, spoke about it, was conversant in it and talked in a serious way with people who created it.”

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