Amy Sherald | Whitney Museum of American Art
Amy Sherald — American Sublime
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Installation view of Amy Sherald: American Sublime (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 9-August 10, 2025). Ecclesia (The Meeting of Inheritance and Horizons), 2024. Photograph by Ron Amstutz
Sherald’s portraits offer a kind of stillness rarely seen in contemporary art—quiet, steady, and full of power. Her figures radiate self-possession and grace, refusing to perform for the gaze. In American Sublime, she paints Black life with reverence and light, capturing both the tenderness and the triumph of simply being seen.
