Columbus native who painted Michelle Obama's portrait now featured in Black art film

The Columbus native who painted the official portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama is among the African Americans featured in a new film about Black art.

Amy Sherald, a graduate of St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School, is one of the five new-generation artists or curators HBO lists as being interviewed in the documentary titled “Black Art: In the Absence of Light.”

The 1-hour, 25-minute film by director Sam Pollard (“Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children”) can be viewed now for free at HBO.com. It’s scheduled to debut on HBO’s cable TV channel Feb. 25 and HBO’s on-demand service March 17.

HBO describes the documentary as “an illuminating introduction to the work of some of the foremost Black visual artists working today.”

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(Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)


Former first lady Michelle Obama and Artist Amy Sherald, right, unveil Michelle Obama’s official portrait at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in Washington. ANDREW HARNIK AP