Contemporaries Tours of Amy Sherald: American Sublime
May 29–June 16, 2025
Amy Sherald, Listen, you a wonder. You a city of a woman. You got a geography of your own, 2016. Oil on canvas, 54 × 43 × 2 1/2 in. (137.16 × 109.22 × 6.35 cm). Collection of Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian. © Amy Sherald. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photograph by Joseph Hyde
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Floor 5, Neil Bluhm Family Galleries
Open to Whitney Contemporaries and Contemporaries Patron Members
Thursday, May 29
7:45 pm or 8:15 pm
Monday, June 16
7:45 pm or 8:15 pm
Join us for a tour of Amy Sherald: American Sublime, the artist’s first major career survey and solo exhibition at a New York museum.
The exhibition features Amy Sherald’s poetic early figurative paintings and new work alongside iconic portraits of First Lady Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor. The powerful impact of her paintings on contemporary art and culture positions her squarely within the art historical tradition of American realism and figuration.
These after-hours tours offer a fifty-minute overview of select works with the Museum’s Joan Tisch Teaching Fellows and educators. Prior to the tour, we invite you to enjoy a light reception alongside fellow Contemporaries, beginning at 7 pm. There are multiple date and time options for this event.
