Amy Sherald on TIME Magazine September 2026 Cover

Amy Sherald lands the cover of TIME for September 2026, a fitting honor for one of the most important painters of her generation.

The artist is known for her striking portraits of Black Americans, including the official portrait of Michelle Obama and her portrait of Breonna Taylor. Amy Sherald has made the everyday dignity of Black life the center of American art.

For BIPOC readers, her TIME cover celebrates a Black woman who changed who gets painted, who gets seen and who gets remembered.

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