Already a star in the art world, Sherald became a household name in 2017, when she was tapped to create First Lady Michelle Obama’s official portrait for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait ...

Installation view of "Amy Sherald: American Sublime" (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 9-August 10, 2025). "Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama," 2018.

Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

SAN FRANCISCO — Amy Sherald’s official portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama was revealed to the public in 2018, and as it toured the country over the next few years of the first Trump ...

Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

NEW YORK — Amy Sherald's story is one of passion, perseverance and portraiture of the sublime. She became a household name in 2018, when her portrait "Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, 2018," the ...

A merican Sublime is the Whitney’s new survey exhibition of the work of Amy Sherald (b. 1973), who soared into the stratosphere of art-world fame in 2018, thanks to her official portrait of ...

Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.