Amy Sherald

American | 1973

Amy Sherald is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1973.

How much does an Amy Sherald cost?

Amy Sherald's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 209 USD to 4,265,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Amy Sherald's most expensive painting?

Since 2019 the record price for this artist at auction is 4,265,000 USD for The Bathers, sold at Phillips New York in 2020.

Where can I see Amy Sherald's works?

Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Baltimore Museum of Art. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Whitney Museum of American Art have featured Amy Sherald's work in the past.

Amy Sherald in the news

Amy Sherald has been featured in articles for ARTnews, BmoreArt and ArtDaily. The most recent article is Best of 2025: The Exhibitions That Defined the Year written for WHITEWALL in December 2025.

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Featured for Sale

Untitled, 2020

By Amy Sherald

Pinto Gallery

Listen, You a Wonder. You a City of a Woman. You Got a Geography of Your Own, 2016

By Amy Sherald

Pinto Gallery

At Auction

Notable Lots

It Made Sense...Mostly In Her Mind - Amy Sherald

It Made Sense...Mostly In Her Mind ,2011

By Amy Sherald

+489%

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Innocent You, Innocent Me

By Amy Sherald

+250%

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Madame Noire ,2011

By Amy Sherald

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Recent Auction Results

A Clear Unspoken Granted Magic - Amy Sherald

A Clear Unspoken Granted Magic ,2017

By Amy Sherald

+64%

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Hope is the thing with feathers (The Little Bird - Amy Sherald

Hope is the thing with feathers (The Little Bird ,2021

By Amy Sherald

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Handsome ,2020

By Amy Sherald

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Current Exhibitions

Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Richmond | Virginia | USA

Nov 22, 2025 - Mar 01, 2026

Amy Sherald: American Sublime

Baltimore Museum of Art

Baltimore | Maryland | USA

Nov 02, 2025 - Apr 05, 2026

When We See Us

Liljevalchs

Stockholm | Sweden

Oct 10, 2025 - Oct 30, 2026

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Articles

Best of 2025: The Exhibitions That Defined the Year

WHITEWALL Dec 29, 2025

Together, these best of 2025 exhibitions defined a year where art felt urgent, intimate, and expansive all at once.

Inside Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys’s Monumental Celebration of Black Art, GIANTS at VMFA

WHITEWALL Dec 12, 2025

Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys bring their powerhouse Dean Collection to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts—130 works by 40 Black artists, from Basquiat to Sherald, filling 12,000 square feet with a message of joy, strength, and cultural pride.

The Year in Black Art: Six Group Exhibitions

ARTnews Dec 09, 2025

The year 2025 saw several solo exhibitions by well-known Black artists, including Kerry James Marshall, Amy Sherald, Rashid Johnson, Jack Whitten, Lorna Simpson, and Elizabeth Catlett.

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Coverage

“ ..Sherald is able to capture the essence of her subjects while depicting them in a vibrant, and sometimes fantastical, style... ”
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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art