Artist Amy Sherald has canceled her solo show at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery because “she learned that her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty might be removed to avoid provoking President Trump”.
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Artist Amy Sherald has canceled her solo show at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery because “she learned that her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty might be removed to avoid provoking President Trump”.
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