Sherald said she backed out amid discussions of removing a painting that shows a transgender woman dressed as the Statue of ...

What was once a shining symbol of liberty now carries the sorrow of lost meaning,” the artist wrote in a July 4 post on ...

The artist said that she made the decision after she said she learned that her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty ...

A controversial new mural titled "The Statue of Liberty's Silent Protest" in Roubaix, France, is generating heated responses ...

Citing censorship concerns, Georgia-born artist Amy Sherald, known for her Michelle Obama portrait, has canceled her exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

The statue’s official name is Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World She was a gift of friendship from France in 1886. She was designed by Frederic Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel (like ...