An Artist Paints Presidents in Drag
The artist Ashley Longshore has a new book, Politics Is a Drag, that reimagines every US President as a drag queen. The idea was born out of Longshore’s frustration with the country’s political climate and a desire to create something uplifting instead of despairing. “We’re living in a time when you can’t ignore what’s happening […] The post An Artist Paints Presidents in Drag first appeared on Washingtonian.
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