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Amy Sherald's Portraits Have Injected the Genre with New Life, But They Also Flatten Blackness
In Amy Sherald's unique visual language, muted yet commanding Black subjects are set against bold color fields. These ...
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Lisson Gallery Now Represents Dalton Paula, Painter of Portraits of Overlooked Black Brazilian Historical Figures
Lisson Gallery will now represent Brazilian artist Dalton Paula, who is known for his paintings that depict important Black historical figures who have been overlooked until recently. Paula will have ...
Painter Amy Sherald asks: What is American?
Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this ...
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Amy Sherald’s vivid, triumphant portraits reframe Black personhood in Western art
While the holding of space by Black figures in historically white arenas is of course ... Here, Wallpaper* gets an exclusive first look A portrait of the artist: Sotheby’s puts Grayson Perry in the ...