“These concerns led to discussions about removing the work from the exhibition. While no single person is to blame, it’s clear that institutional fear shaped by a broader climate of political hostili...

Amy Sherald, the celebrated American painter made famous by her 2018 portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama, will never see “American Sublime,” a moving survey of her career, at the Smithsonian...

“The video would have opened up for debate the value of trans visibility and I was opposed to that being a part of the ‘American Sublime’ narrative,” she told the newspaper.