Member Preview Days for Amy Sherald: American Sublime Apr 3–7, 2025

Member Preview Days for Amy Sherald: American Sublime

Apr 3–7, 2025

This image is a portrait of Michelle Obama seated, resting her chin on her hand. She is wearing a long, geometric-patterned dress that features bold black, white, red, pink and yellow shapes, including stripes, triangles, and circles. The dress covers much of the lower half of the image. The background is a soft, solid light blue and her hair is styled in loose waves. Her expression is calm yet contemplative.
This image is a portrait of Michelle Obama seated, resting her chin on her hand. She is wearing a long, geometric-patterned dress that features bold black, white, red, pink and yellow shapes, including stripes, triangles, and circles. The dress covers much of the lower half of the image. The background is a soft, solid light blue and her hair is styled in loose waves. Her expression is calm yet contemplative.

Amy Sherald, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, 2018. Oil on linen, 72 1/8 × 60 1/8 × 2.5 in. (183.1 × 152.718 × 6.3 cm). National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. The National Portrait Gallery is grateful to the following lead donors for their support of the Obama portraits: Kate Capshaw and Steven Spielberg; Judith Kern and Kent Whealy; Tommie L. Pegues and Donald A. Capoccia. Courtesy of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery

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Floor 5

Open to members

Thursday, April 3, 12–6 pm
Friday, April 4, 10:30 am–5 pm
Saturday, April 5, 10:30 am–6 pm
Sunday, April 6, 10:30 am–6 pm
Monday, April 7, 10:30 am–6 pm

Be among the first to explore Amy Sherald: American Sublime during five days of Member Previews.

Amy Sherald: American Sublime brings together some fifty paintings by one of the foremost artists of our time. In her first major museum survey, Amy Sherald (b. 1973, Columbus, Georgia; lives and works in the New York City area) presents work from 2007 to the present, from her poetic early portraits to the incisive and moving figure paintings for which she is best known. Iconic portraits of First Lady Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor—two of the most recognizable and significant paintings made by an American artist in recent years—are joined by early works, never or rarely seen by the public, and new work created specifically for this presentation.