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The September 2020 cover of Vanity Fair featured an illustration of Breonna Taylor by renowned American artist Amy Sherald. The portrait was commissioned to commemorate the life and memory of Taylor, who was murdered in her sleep by Louisville police. This is only the second commissioned portrait Sherald has painted (after her portrait of Michelle Obama for the National Portrait Gallery). The design on the cover was intended to be as minimal as possible, so that Breonna’s image would be the absolute focal point.