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Amy Sherald
Amy Sherald
First Black woman to paint a First Lady portrait. (Michelle Obama)First
Record Breaker: She set an auction record in December of 2020 when her painting “Two Bathers” (2015) sold for a whopping $4,265,000, approximately 30 times more than the pre-auction estimate of $150,000-$200,000.
Kehinde Wiley
Kehinde Wiley is important for black children and adults who visit museums so that they can feel like they belong because they do! He is important for future generations of black people who love and study art but have never seen themselves represented on the canvas or behind the scenes.
-Maya Angelou-
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”