In Amy Sherald's unique visual language, muted yet commanding Black subjects are set against bold color fields. These ...

Amy Sherald, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, 2018, oil on linen Sherald relies heavily on reference photographs she takes of chosen models or people encountered in her own daily life before setting ...

Amy Sherald, best known for her portrait of Michelle Obama, is affirmed as one of the most significant American artists of our time in "American Sublime," a Whitney Museum retrospective ...

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is an American attorney and author who served as first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She was the first African-American woman to serve in this position.

The former Michelle LaVaughn Robinson rarely puts a (well-heeled) foot wrong when it comes to fashion: she’s championed emerging American designers from Jason Wu to Brandon Maxwell, and looks ...