“In his second term, President Donald Trump has posted racist social media imagery, squashed research and initiatives that helped minorities, welcomed white South African refugees while banning other African refugees and those from Central and South America, and attacked health care and policies helping trans people.”

“The New Yorker and Vanity Fair have used Sherald’s portraits for their covers”

“the show includes a painting of Breonna Taylor that was specifically commissioned by Vanity Fair for its September 2020 cover”

“Sherald was at the Met Gala, where she was on the gala board”

“She has also been photographed for the cover of Harper’s Bazaar”

“was named one of Time’s 2026 Women of the Year”

“the portraits are colossal, sometimes up to 10 feet tall”

“Sherald’s “If You Surrendered to the Air, You Could Ride It,” featuring a lone man in a red beanie, nods to another famous photograph — “Lunch atop a Skyscraper””

“the Atlanta stop brings Sherald’s work back to the state where she was born and the city where she went to college”

“One painting, an earlier piece from 2009... Titled “They Call Me Redbone, but I’d Rather Be Strawberry Shortcake””