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This event is in the past.It took place on April 9, 2025 at Whitney Museum of American Art.

Amy Sherald: American Sublime 1
Fine Arts Exhibition
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Amy Sherald: American Sublime

Meatpacking District

Amy Sherald paints everyday Black Americans in her signature grayscale skin tones, reimagining familiar American scenes with new subjects. Her first major NYC survey includes the iconic Michelle Obama portrait and a powerful reworking of that famous V-J Day kiss, now between two Black men.

Contemporary art survey
Black American portraiture
First Lady portrait
Intimate museum scale

Tips

👩🏿Michelle Obama portrait on view
✊🏿moving Breonna Taylor tribute included
🌅Free Fridays, catch sunset from terraces

Whitney Museum of American Art

99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014, USA

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