Obama Portrait Smithsonian - Search News

News

Smithsonian, Sherald and censorship

HuffPost on MSN · 15h

Artist Who Created Michelle Obama's Famed Portrait Cancels Smithsonian Show, Claiming Threat Of Censorship

Amy Sherald said the National Portrait Gallery was considering removing her piece, Trans Forming Liberty, a painting that portrays a transgender Statue of Liberty.

CNN on MSN · 21h

Artist Amy Sherald cancels major Smithsonian exhibition, citing censorship

The artist Amy Sherald has canceled a major exhibition of her work at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing censorship over one of her paintings depicting the Statue of Liberty modeled after a transgender artist.

WYSO Public Radio · 16h

Artist Amy Sherald has canceled her upcoming show at the Smithsonian

The artist, best known for her portrait of Michelle Obama, said the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery wanted to keep her portrait of a trans woman out of the exhibition American Sublime.

Michelle Obama's portrait artist cancels Smithsonian show due to anti-trans censorship

Amy Sherald, the portrait artist who gained critical acclaim for her painting of the former First Lady Michelle Obama, ...

21h

Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship

The artist said that she made the decision after she said she learned that her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty ...

Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you

Show inaccessible results