Overview

• The Baltimore presentation will feature roughly 40 works, including Trans Forming Liberty, Sherald’s portrait of Michelle Obama, and her memorial painting of Breonna Taylor.
• Tickets are $18 for the general public and $16 for seniors, with free admission for visitors 17 and under, and fees waived on Thursday nights and on opening day.
• The BMA will honor Sherald with its Artist Who Inspires award at the museum’s BMA Ball on November 22.
• Organized by SFMOMA and shown at the Whitney earlier this year, the career-spanning survey covers nearly two decades and has been adapted for Baltimore by Director Asma Naeem and BMA curators.
• The Smithsonian says it sought to add an accompanying video rather than remove the painting, a point of contention that unfolds during a White House review of Smithsonian exhibitions.