Acclaimed artist pulls Smithsonian show over 'censorship' concerns

Renowned artist Amy Sherald pulled her September show, “American Sublime,” at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington due to concerns over what she described as the museum’s "culture of censorship."

Sherald said Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III urged her to replace one of her painting’s dedicated to trans visibility, titled “Trans Forming Liberty,” with a video of people’s reactions to the artwork.

The piece depicts a transgender woman posing in the likeness of the Statue of Liberty.