MATT WUERKER has thoroughly enjoyed playing with President Obama’s face. Wuerker goes so far as to call the president’s countenance “a great gift to cartoonists” — perhaps even “the ...

Former U.S. president Barack Obama’s portrait, painted by Kehinde Wiley and unveiled last month, can be seen in the center of the gallery, not far from George Washington’s portrait.

Drawings of President Barack Obama, however, must contend with America's history of degrading racial imagery, from ape comparisons to enormous "Sambo" lips.