Sherald’s oeuvre so far is singular in its advancement of the American Realist tradition of artists such as Edward Hopper, ...

The painter's most heralded pieces, including portraits of Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor, find a home in New York City.

Across nearly 50 artworks spanning the last 18 years, American beauty takes on many forms on Sherald’s canvas. It can appear ...

Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this ...

espousing a realism that plunged into the seamier aspects of American cities for its subject matter. As a successful artist looking back, Hopper had reservations about Henri as a painter ...

Tiffany Sage/BFA.com A full-blown army of art world elites stormed the Whitney ... one hell of a niche for herself in contemporary American realism and figuration; the exhibition brings together ...

In her current solo exhibition, 'Games of Chance' HARPER'S, Chloe West draws on European portraiture and still life traditions.

Ted Bromund, Michael Auslin, and Colin Dueck want to “reclaim American realism,” and spell out what they mean by that in a new article for American Affairs. The idea that realism needs to be ...

"And so I always tell young artists, the world is full of quitters ... The curator sees Sherald's work as expanding on the tradition of American realism, historically represented by Edward ...