Amy Sherald withdrew “American Sublime” from the National Portrait Gallery, saying the Smithsonian proposed replacing her painting. The institution denied trying to replace it.

The artist Amy Sherald has canceled a major exhibition of her work at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing censorship over one of her paintings depicting the Statue of Liberty modeled after a transgender artist.

Artist Amy Sherald’s “American Sublime” would have been the first solo show by a contemporary Black artist at the National