Barack Obama: The 50 facts you might not know – Telegraph This is an interesting list. He’s definitely a geek (he collects Spierman and Conan comics, among other clues). His favorite book is Moby Dick, which is not my favorite, but is probably in my top 50.
And, of course (the most relevant thing for this blog), his favorite artist:

His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso

He’s intelligent, and hip, and seems to be an all around nice guy, who does mean well. I may disagree with a lot of things he’s going to be doing, but I gotta respect the man. He’s the most intellectual president we’ve had in many a decade.