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.

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

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