Portrait of Angela Merkel unveiled at museum in Berlin

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel sat for a portrait over months of secret studio sessions in Berlin with French artist Jérémie Queyras, posing in her trademark jacket. According to the Guardian, they bonded over conversation and classical music, alternating which pieces to play. The finished painting was unveiled this week at Berlin's Bode Museum, arriving amid growing nostalgia for Merkel's tenure as chancellor. She called their artistic collaboration a 'little adventure.'

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