The day that Amy Sherald heard that she had been chosen to paint a portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama, she called her mom to tell her the news, and then she told her dog. But soon after, the nerves ...

Baltimore-based artist Amy Sherald, 44, is known for creating striking portraits of African-American people, whose skin she depicts in gray scale monochrome against brightly colored, often textural ...

Today the New Museum will unveil a painting "in tribute to incoming First Lady Michelle Obama." The portrait, titled "Michelle and Sasha Obama Listening to Barack Obama at the Democratic National ...

An oil painting of Michelle Obama and her daughter Sasha was unveiled Wednesday as part of an exhibition by artist Elizabeth Peyton, best known for her images of diverse historical figures and ...

The Baltimore artist Amy Sherald is undergoing her first major public test, with the unveiling Monday of the portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama in a ceremony at the National Portrait Gallery in ...