Overview

• The White House–donated portrait by Vanessa Horabuena was installed on June 26 in the Colorado State Capitol’s presidential gallery following a decision by the Capitol Building Advisory Committee.
• The original Sarah Boardman painting, funded in 2019 by Colorado Republicans, was removed in April and remains in museum storage after Trump criticized it as “purposefully distorted.”
• Trump reportedly asked for the new portrait to feature a gilded border so it would catch the light and “glimmer” in the rotunda.
• The advisory committee will revisit the full slate of presidential portraits at its September meeting to decide which images hang permanently.
• Committee members are weighing a plan to replace presidential portraits with depictions of former governors in honor of Colorado’s 150th anniversary.