5 Questions, 5 Artists: Representing Legacy | Bisa Butler @lacma
5 Questions, 5 Artists: Representing Legacy | Bisa Butler  @lacma
Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Presented in conjunction with Black American Portraits, an exhibition that reframes portraiture to center Black American subjects, sitters, and spaces, this series will include conversations between artists and LACMA curators and educators. Each artist will be presented with the same five key questions about their practice and the challenges of representing significant figures and their legacies. The following program features artist Bisa Butler moderated by Dr. Liz Andrews, Museum Director, Spelman College.

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5 Questions, 5 Artists: Representing Legacy | Bisa Butler

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