We Decode the New Art Biden Just Installed in the Oval Office, From a Bust of Cesar Chavez to a Calming Childe Hassam Painting
The National Portrait Gallery has loaned two new sculptures to the Biden administration.
January 21, 2021
A sculpted bust of Rosa Parks, foreground, by Artis Lane, and Abraham Lincoln, right, on a table seen during an early preview of the redesigned Oval Office awaiting President Joseph Biden at the White House in Washington, DC. Photo by Bill O'Leary/the
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As Joe Biden took the oath of office as the 46th president of the United States yesterday, staffers were rushing to ready the Oval Office for its new occupant. They had only five frenzied hours to finish swapping out artworks and other furnishings before the arrival of the incoming commander-in-chief.