23
Jan
FOLLOWING the release of the US president-elect's official portrait, an expert reveals how scouring the pages of art history can help decode its meaning. Whether your politics align with those of Donald Trump or not, it is difficult to deny that a string of recent photographs of the former-and-future president of the United States are as visually arresting as any in US political history – instantly etching themselves into cultural consciousness. The release of Trump's official presidential portrait last week, ahead of today's inauguration, completes a triptych of striking images that began with the circulation in late August 2023 of…