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Amy Sherald, the former Baltimore artist who painted former first lady Michelle Obama’s portrait, has withdrawn her solo show ...
The artist Amy Sherald has canceled a major exhibition of her work at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing ...
I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship, especially when it targets vulnerable communities,” Amy ...
The artist, best known for her portrait of Michelle Obama, said the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery wanted to keep ...
It’s clear that institutional fear shaped by a broader climate of political hostility toward trans lives played a role,” she ...
Artist Amy Sherald confirmed to ABC News that she had cancelled her upcoming exhibit at the Smithsonian, “American Sublime,” citing a “culture of censorship.
Sherald said she backed out amid discussions of removing a painting that shows a transgender woman dressed as the Statue of ...
Recently, Amy Sherald announced that she is cancelling her solo exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.
Amy Sherald withdrew “American Sublime” from the National Portrait Gallery, saying the Smithsonian proposed replacing her ...
Amy Sherald claims the museum was planning to cut a portrait of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from the exhibition.
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When in the 1990s, Jenny Saville’s peers shunned painting in favour of alternative media such as photography, video and installations, the artist stuck to her guns and, unapologetically, worked on ...