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Artist Kehinde Wiley on Social Change and Black Lives Matter

In 2018, renowned artist Kehinde Wiley rose to global superstardom with his presidential portrait of Barack Obama – and his ambitions have only increased since then. Wiley has spent the last year at his Black Rock studio in Senegal, West Africa, and is also mentoring a new generation of artists. He joins the program to discuss Black Lives Matter and what inspires him artistically.

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