How Biden uses artwork to send messages to Americans

By Michael Collins

NEWS

In Joe Biden’s White House, political messaging is not just an art.

Sometimes the art is the message.

When Biden speaks, Americans should pay attention not only to what he says, but what’s in the background.

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— William Bike, a historian, communications expert and author of a how-to guide on political campaigning.

personal taste, personality or place in history.

A president’s choice of artwork often reflects his

Martin Luther King Jr.

in the Oval Office during his presidency.

Barack Obama, the nation’s first Black president, kept busts of Abraham Lincoln and civil-rights leader

As a candidate, Biden vowed he would have an inclusive administration that would look like America.

That promise is reflected in the artwork he has chosen for the Oval Office.

civil-rights icon

labor leader César Chávez and the ahead-of-her-time first lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

Rosa Parks,

Scattered through Biden’s Oval Office are busts of Robert Kennedy,

Among presidents, Kennedy and Reagan were the best at using artwork as a communications device, Bike said

“Biden, to my surprise, in a lot of ways has really shown that he has been in their class."

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