Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Portraits of American ... The best museum exhibitions in NYC right now Sherald became a household name after she was invited to create the first official portrait of first lady Michelle Obama ...

A dress worn by Martha Washington from the collection of the National Museum of American History ... then the first lady, was 65 when she sat for that famous portrait, but in earlier paintings ...

As New York locals pass through Gansevoort Street, a billboard across from the Whitney Museum of American ... first lady Michelle Obama, who tapped her to paint her official portrait for the ...