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R enowned artist Amy Sherald has canceled her upcoming solo exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait ...
Amy Sherald said the National Portrait Gallery was considering removing her piece, Trans Forming Liberty, a painting that ...
Artist Amy Sherald’s “American Sublime” would have been the first solo show by a contemporary Black artist at the National ...
Amy Sherald — the visionary behind Michelle Obama’s iconic portrait — is once again making history. Next fall, she will become the first contemporary Black artist to have a solo exhibition ...
Glyn Philpot’s sensitive portraits of Black subjects, unusual for the early 20th century, were given updated titles — and consideration — for a recent exhibition in England.
Revolutionary Black portrait exhibition opens at University of Virginia Richmond news and weather update for Saturday, Sept. 24 By: The Associated Press Posted 6:38 AM, Sep 24, 2022 ...
Lonnie Robinson’s oil painting of Larry Leon Hamlin and Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin is part of the ”Black Theatre Royalty: Portraits from the Hattiloo Theatre Collection" exhibition on Monday, Aug ...
The stars are Barack and Michelle Obama, whose portraits were commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., and unveiled to a warm critical reception in February 2018.
A Black artist’s Thurgood Marshall replaces portrait of a likely enslaver For 300 years, Maryland’s seat of power has featured art of White men. The images are changing.