#amy-sherald

#amy-sherald

The painter Amy Sherald made headlines over the summer when she cancelled the final leg of her touring exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, citing "a culture of censorship" targeting "vulnerable communities". At Frieze London this year, she has made room for an artist whose work gains resonance from and pushes back against this same fraught climate.

"While no single person is to blame, it's clear that institutional fear shaped by a broader climate of political hostility toward trans lives played a role. This painting exists to hold space for someone whose humanity has been politicised and disregarded."

ICE arrested an SF Guatemalan man who showed clear signs of mental illness after his immigration hearing Thursday, and was muttering to himself throughout his hearing.

Amy Sherald is canceling her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery due to a dispute over the presentation of her painting, Trans Forming Liberty, 2024.

Amy Sherald canceled her upcoming exhibition at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery due to fears of censorship surrounding her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty.