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Amy Sherald's portrait of a Black transgender Statue of Liberty has now officially graced the cover of the New Yorker after ...
“ ‘Trans Forming Liberty’ challenges who we allow to embody our national symbols—and who we erase,” Sherald said. “It demands ...
Visitors photographed a portrait of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, painted by the artist Robert McCurdy, near a portrait of ...
The artist Amy Sherald has canceled a major exhibition of her work at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing ...
Amy Sherald, the former Baltimore artist who painted former first lady Michelle Obama’s portrait, has withdrawn her solo show ...
The artist said that she made the decision after she said she learned that her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty ...
Amy Sherald withdrew “American Sublime” from the National Portrait Gallery, saying the Smithsonian proposed replacing her ...
Artist Amy Sherald pulled her show from the National Portrait Gallery, citing efforts to censor her work. The decision comes ...
Amy Sherald claims the museum was planning to cut a portrait of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from the ...
I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship, especially when it targets vulnerable communities,” Amy ...
Recently, Amy Sherald announced that she is cancelling her solo exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.
National Portrait Gallery loses Amy Sherald exhibition after disagreement over the display of her controversial transgender ...