The Amy Sherald SFMOMA show is the artist's largest to date, featuring her Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor paintings.
What intrigues about this particular presentation from the artist is the abundance of depictions of Black manhood, a stark contrast to the representations of womanhood for which Sherald is most famous ...
Nearly 50 paintings by Amy Sherald, well known for her realist portraits ... Sherald resists radicalization and politicization of the famous, and less famous, people in her work.
As Sherald’s work has evolved technically and thematically through the 2020s, it increasingly engages with broader cultural conversations about representation.
Ocula's editors have scoured the globe—from Los Angeles to London, Hong Kong to Sydney—to map out the artists with career-spanning surveys opening through 2025.
Amy Sherald and Annie Liebovitz. Photo: Troi Santos The conversation began with Darren Walker emphasizing the role of art in shaping culture and society. Reflecting on Annie Leibovitz’s ability ...