Amy Sherald: Four Ways of Being
Fri, May 30
|Whitney Museum of American Art
Amy Sherald’s newest portraits grace the Whitney’s facade—where time and identity collide in public view.
Time & Location
May 30, 2025, 7:00 AM – Sep 30, 2025, 11:00 PM
Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014, USA
About the event
Through September 2025
Whitney Museum of American Art – Gansevoort Street Facade
On view across from the Whitney and the High Line, Four Ways of Being is a striking public installation by celebrated artist Amy Sherald. Commissioned specifically for the Whitney’s Outside the Box program, this monumental facade work features four powerful portraits—some shown for the first time in New York—depicting subjects from different backgrounds and eras, existing side by side in a suspended moment of shared presence.
Sherald, known for her meticulous and symbolic portraiture, uses this large-scale canvas to explore the tension between time, memory, and identity. By placing historical resonance into modern visibility, she asks us to reflect on how our past continues to color our present—and how public space itself can become a platform for empathy, introspection, and transformation.
This work complements the museum’s indoor exhibition Amy Sherald: American Sublime and is curated by Rujeko Hockley, Arnhold Associate Curator,…