Amy Sherald News

On March 10, TIME held its fifth annual Women of the Year Gala in LA, featuring Teyana Taylor, Queen Latifah, Chloé Zhao, Brandi Carlile, and more in attendance. Take a look at photos from the event here.

National Black Theatre will host its inaugural Spring Luncheon on March 16, 2026, honoring director Whitney White and producer Robyn Coles. The Harlem-based institution is celebrating Black women’s contributions to theatre while advancing its $100 million capital campaign.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will begin a new chapter this December as Alicia Graf Mack leads her first season as Artistic Director. The company’s 2025 engagement at New York City Center will feature world premieres, a company premiere by Medhi Walerski, and a new production of Judith Jamison’s A Case of You.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will launch its five-week holiday engagement at New York City Center with an Opening Night Gala on December 3, marking the first season under Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is July 25, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

Amy Sherald has withdrawn her solo exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing concerns that her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty was at risk of removal due to political scrutiny under President Trump.

Little Island has announced programming details for its second annual season in The Glade, one of the park's premier performance venues. All performances are free and open to the public.

LITTLE ISLAND has revealed programming details for its second annual summer season, including multiple world premieres and more. See the lineup and learn how to attend the summer season!

Souls Grown Deep has announced the election of two new members to its Board of Directors, Kinshasha Holman Conwill and B.E. Noel.

From IMG, the Endeavor-owned global events leader behind Taste of London, Taste of Paris, Frieze, and New York Fashion Week: The Shows, comes Los Angeles Wine & Food Festival, a brand new event bringing outstanding chefs together to celebrate LA’s vibrant food, art and cultural scene.  

On the heels of a successful international tour, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater kicks off its 65th anniversary season at New York City Center on November 29 with an Opening Night Gala honoring beloved trailblazer and iconic Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison. Learn more about the gala here!

Souls Grown Deep Foundation and Community Partnership announced that Lola C. West has been elected chair of its Board of Directors. West has served on the board since 2019.

Toni Carver Smith has joined Actors Theatre of Louisville as Deputy Director of Institutional Operations and Advancement.

Led by Artistic Director Robert Battle, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 2022 Lincoln Center engagement continued with the star-studded Ailey Spirit Gala on Thursday, June 16. Check out photos here!

Brooklyn Academy of Music presents the highly anticipated Let Freedom Ring Vol. 2, a provocative exploration of the meaning of freedom. The digital billboard-based series features artwork by established and emerging artists deeply engaged in an ongoing dialogue about the artists' role in art, social justice, equity, and inclusion.

The High Museum of Art announces today its co-organization of the exhibition “David Driskell: Icons of Nature and History,” celebrating the breadth of the renowned American artist's oeuvre and marking the first major survey of his work since his death in April 2020.

Adventure Theatre MTC is continuing its Sunday Story Time interviews with Jessica and Parker Curry, authors of the book, 'Parker Looks Up.' At the young age of 2, a photo of Parker Curry went viral as she stood, mouth agape, in awe of the National Portrait Gallery painting of Michelle Obama by Baltimore artist Amy Sherald.

UTA Artist Space will present Renaissance: Noir, a virtual exhibition featuring paintings by 12 emerging Black artists, live on UTAArtistSpace.com from today, June 9 - July 3, 2020. Curated by Myrtis Bedolla, Baltimore-based owner of Galerie Myrtis, Renaissance: Noir investigates Blackness on the continuum of the historiographies of Black artists' narratives that assert, individually and collectively, their state of mind and state of being Black.

Smithsonian magazine, the flagship publication of the Smithsonian Institution, today announced the honorees of the eighth annual American Ingenuity Awards. This year's awards honor individuals across seven wide-ranging categories: Youth, Visual Arts, Social Progress, Technology, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Performing Arts.

The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Kenny Leon, opened on Monday night at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, running through Sunday, June 23.