“American Sublime” 

One of America’s defining contemporary portraitists Amy Sherald is the newest exhibit at Museum of Modern Art San Francisco. “American Sublime” features nearly 50 of Sherald’s luminous paintings, including her iconic portraits of Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor, poetic early works, and new works on view for the first time. 

Sherald’s artworks convey the quiet power in everyday people and invite viewers to participate in a more complex debate about accepted notions of American identity.

“American Sublime” is the artist’s first mid-career survey and first major museum exhibition. The presentation, featuring 40-plus works from 2007 to 2024, and organized across six thematic galleries. It is organized thematically, with each gallery presenting a crucial idea in her work and explaining her detailed approach to making paintings.

Amy Sherald’s “American Sublime” is on view now at SFMOMA through March 9^th, 2025.

Posted by: TAWD on December 5, 2024