“A single man in possession of a good fortune,” 2019; “The girl next door,” 2019.
"What a difference a presidential portrait makes. Two years ago, Amy Sherald’s painting career was slowly if belatedly picking up steam. She was 44 and after a four-year hiatus from art — for family illness and her own heart transplant — had had a handful of solo shows, including a four-day pop-up affair on New York City’s Lower East Side in March 2017. A few months later, in October, Ms. Sherald’s profile began to rise when the National Portrait Gallery commissioned her to paint a portrait of the former first lady Michelle Obama, setting the artist on the fast track to prominence. And so here we are: Ms. Sherald is having her first full-fledged New York solo in the Chelsea space of the voracious mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth. 'Amy Sherald: The Heart of the Matter...' is a magnificent, stirring show. ..."
NY Times
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Installation view of “Amy Sherald: The Heart of the Matter...” at Hauser & Wirth.
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