Michelle Obama Portrait Goes on Display in the 'Americans Now' Exhibition

Michelle Obama is getting a space in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington for the first time.

There is a new exhibition that opened on August 20, 2010 and it will be open through June 19, 2011. It is called "Americans Now," it's drawn from the Portrait Gallery's permanent collection.

The exhibition features individuals prominent in sports, entertainment and other fields of endeavor during the last 10 years. As well, it reflects the variety of media the Portrait Gallery is now collecting it also addresses the museum's recently established policy of accepting living subjects into the collections.

President Barack Obama and the first lady are among those portrayed.

This is the first time that an individual portrait of Michelle Obama has been on display at the gallery.

Other individuals represented in this collection include: Chuck Close, LL Cool J, Toni Morrison, Cormac McCarthy, Martha Stewart and Tom Hanks.

It is nice to see all these familiar faces on display at the gallery. The exhibition is filled with exceptional portraits of Americans.

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Personally, I love art, and I think that it's a great idea to have this gallery available for everyone to see. Some of the portraits really show a great amount of creativity in them. The gallery has a very wide variety of art, from paintings to photographs. They all show artistic excellence and are a great collection of American art.

The National Portrait Gallery's permanent collection includes famous American portraits including "Lansdowne" portrait of George Washington.

You can visit the "Americans Now" exhibition online here.