When Bill Clinton ate here, an august equestrian portrait hung above the fireplace. But now, the family dining room in the White House, which is often used by the President for informal dinners, is to become altogether funkier. Rauschenberg’s Early Bloomer [Anagram (a Pun)], 1998 a gift from the Rauschenberg foundation, will soon grace its walls, becoming only the fourth work of contemporary art to enter the White House Collection. It will join two works by Josef Albers and one by Georgia O’Keeffe. The new display signals a considerable shift in Presidential taste: when the Obamas first moved into the White House they decorated their private quarters with abstract pieces by living American artists such as an Ed Ruscha canvas on loan from the National Gallery in Washington.