“This is not an exhibition of a Black painter who paints Black people—that’s very diminishing,” Sherald said. “This is an ...

Amy Sherald, the artist behind the official portrait of Michelle Obama, is taking her work to new heights after signing with CAA.

The Baltimore Museum of Art has set an attendance record with its current exhibition: Amy Sherald: American Sublime.

The Brooklyn-based artist Kameron Neal has received the 2025 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition for a video work created ...

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced Brooklyn-based artist Kameron Neal as the first-prize winner of the ...

Sherald rose to national fame in 2018 after being commissioned by former First Lady Michelle Obama to paint her official ...

Former First Lady Michelle Obama in 2018 tapped Sherald to do her portrait for the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

Amy Sherald’s portrait, “Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama,” remains a fan favorite. The artist was tapped in 2017 by the former first lady to create the work of art for the Smithsonian’s National ...

Michelle Obama made a recent television appearance that drew attention across social media, as the former first lady appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live wearing a fitted light blue gown that highlighted her ...

How does one succinctly describe the last year in arts and culture? Taking a page from children’s literature, “The Arts and the Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Year” might just be the best summation of ...

The wildly popular official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama will go on a five-city national tour beginning in June 2021, the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery announced. The paintings of ...