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While no single person is to blame, it’s clear that institutional fear—shaped by a broader climate of political hostility ...
The artist Amy Sherald has canceled a major exhibition of her work at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing ...
Artist Amy Sherald said there was a dispute over her painting "Trans Forming Liberty," which depicts a trans woman with pink ...
Artist Amy Sherald’s “American Sublime” would have been the first solo show by a contemporary Black artist at the Portrait ...
National Portrait Gallery loses Amy Sherald exhibition after disagreement over the display of her controversial transgender ...
The artist claims there were discussions in the museum about removing a portrait of a trans woman, which the museum denies ...
It’s clear that institutional fear shaped by a broader climate of political hostility toward trans lives played a role,” she ...
Amy Sherald said the National Portrait Gallery was considering removing her piece, Trans Forming Liberty, a painting that ...
The artist behind Michelle Obama's popular 2018 portrait is pulling her show from the National Portrait Gallery over what she alleged were censorship threats, per multiple outlets. Why it matters: ...
The artist, best known for her portrait of Michelle Obama, said the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery wanted to keep ...
Amy Sherald claims the museum was planning to cut a portrait of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from the exhibition.
An artist whose work once caught national attention is stepping away from a planned Smithsonian exhibition after concerns ...