Monday, October 6, 2025

Amy Sherald on Representation and Portraiture

How can portraiture serve as resistance? Artist Amy Sherald joins Dr. Sarah Lewis to explore visibility, representation, and the radical act of seeing. Their dialogue reveals how portraiture both documents and reshapes our understanding of Black identity and cultural belonging — showing how a simple image can reframe power and possibility in America.

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Amy Sherald

Dr. Sarah Lewis

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