[ad_1]
The High Museum’s new exhibition traces how the Georgia-born artist reshapes the American portrait.
Credit: Hyosub Shin/AJC
Visitors look at “Breonna Taylor” (left) and “She Always Believed the Good about Those She Loved” in the “American Sublime” exhibition at the High Museum of Art on Friday, May 15, 2026, in Atlanta. The latter painting features the model who stood in to pose for the portrait of the late Breonna Taylor. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
“Amy Sherald: American Sublime” has opened at the High Museum of Art, bringing together the largest exhibition yet of the Georgia-born artist whose portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama helped make her one of the most recognizable painters in America.
The exhibit, which will run through September, features more than two dozen pieces from the celebrated artist.
krow nihtiw tahw ot eht taht gnitnalp fo fo snaem ti .ygoloedi aedi sretnec seidob eb dnuora dna s’dlarehS hcuM kcalB ,naciremA
tI“ I“ — — t’nsaw saw oediv litnu eht taht taht taht taht taht nees gniees syas dezilaer nosrep nosrep trap gnitniap fo fo fo reven flesym gnissim ti si ni ni ni yregami ”,yrotsih dah dah .noitibihxe roloc emac ”.erofeb tra yllautca ssorca a a a a dlarehS I I I kcalB
Visitors watch a documentary of Amy Sherald’s life in the “American Sublime” exhibition at the High Museum of Art on Friday, May 15, 2026, in Atlanta. For painter Amy Sherald, the final stop of the national tour for “American Sublime”—the largest presentation of her work—feels like a homecoming. The exhibition opened at the High Museum of Art on Friday, May 15. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
.krow sesu ot ot eht eht eht stcejbus sedahs evomer elpoep ettelap fo fo fo fo fo etum si ni ni reh reh elacsyarg sucof noitazicitoxe etanimile troffe noixelpmoc .nworb dna na lla a sihT dlarehS kcalB kcalB
drawot naht stcerider rehtar ecar ,erutsop ,erutseg noitome gnihtolc noitnetta dna .enola dlarehS ,daetsnI
lanoitidart ot deit eht stcejbus secaps fo ypucco gnol .ytitnedi saedi ,noitibihxe tuohguorhT kcalB naciremA
gnitalsnart ot ot levart-emit eht esnes shpargotohp shpargotohp .sgnitniap fo emorhconom sledom yromem segami reh reh morf ylimaf ,doohdlihc .savnac yb sgnirb erofeb dna a dlarehS ehS deripsnI
ehS“ )dlarehS(“ tekcip-etihw tahw ,pu ot ot eht taht slobmys lareves rolias dias gninruter tneserper gnitcelfer stniop tuo ro ro no fo fo fo nredom ekil dnik si saedi .emoh ”,yrotsih ,ecnef neve rotaruc ,yobwoc yllaunitnoc yraropmetnoc semoc emoc tnatsissa tra dna dna a muesuM hgiH trA .zealebrA acilegnA ssennaciremA naciremA
llA“ ot eseht ,slobmys ”.sseccus fo fo ,segami saedi ,seihpargonoci evah ,modeerf sserpxe emoc ,ytuaeb
ssiM“ llaw ot ot eht eht eht eht eht taht gninnur thgir tup .tiartrop gnitniap gnitniap no fo s’ydal .flesti si ni sah esoidnarg remrof rof tsrif eb tsitra a ehT dlarehS amabO ellehciM gnihtyrevE ”,)ecnarevileD tnecajdA desserppusnU(
Visitors look at “Michelle Obama” in the “American Sublime” exhibition at the High Museum of Art on Friday, May 15, 2026, in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
htiw ecneloiv eht eht taht dednepsus gnidnuorrus ylprahs tiartrop fo citsejam ,tfel ni ni staolf ekilmaerd .htaed nayc stsartnoc mlac ,eulb a a oT s’rolyaT rolyaT annoerB
ehS“ ohw ot eht eht eht eht eht doots esop tiartrop gnitniap fo ledom etal ni rof serutaef tuoba esohT .rolyaT ehS ,ybraeN ”devoL dooG annoerB deveileB syawlA
tsez htiw smrofsnart ot ,emit eht taht yltbus ehs .ecnarevesrep denrettap gnitniap esiwrehto yranidro fo eulb-yvan doom ,snomel otni .egami ,revewoh sserd snod na gnidda a sihT ehT
snarT“ sdnecsnart eht eht eht eht serutxet ekat nitas stiartrop .tiartrop no no fo fo elpitlum nredom etacirtni ni setartsulli sserd .snoisnemid liated tesroc eulb dna a ehT ehT eutatS ,ytrebiL gnimroF ”,aciremA
”.modgniK“ sA“ hguorht eht eht eht eht nus ,citats edils etaidar tnirp selkcirp .gnitniap no ffo latem ni taeh ruf morf morf morf taoc spmub etihw-dna-kcalb lamina dna munimula a ehT ehT tfoS ehS ”…sI sA
nihtiw ot eht stcejbus ,yrots senigamier sreyalp gnicalp sredistuo fo fo ton evitan lanoitan sti .ti yregami etaudarg railimaf laitnesse ,retnec yb tub ta sa sa dna a ,ytisrevinU ,dlarehS ,aigroeG ,submuloC kralC kcalB atnaltA naciremA
IF YOU GO
naciremA“ ”emilbuS :dlarehS ymA
stekcit .)deriuqer .m.p fo gro.hgih :noissimda 4-.m.a .yadnuS-yadseuT hguorhT .tS .tpeS eerthcaeP ,EN muesuM hgiH lareneG ,atnaltA ,trA .0044-337-404 .72 0821 01 demit( .05.82$
Brooke Leigh Howard is a reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Black culture team, UATL.
[ad_2]
Source link
