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Amy Sherald talks to Dr. Leslie King-Hammond about ambition, bending the rules and how that Michelle Obama portrait got made

The film traces King-Hammond’s lifelong curiosity and her influence on artists including Amy Sherald, with co-directors saying 82-year-old’s work shaped careers.

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Juliana Ukiomogbe Long before Dr. Leslie King-Hammond became a leading scholar and mentor in the art world, she was a young girl watching a glass blower make her a replacement eye. Born in the South Bronx in 1944, she had developed a tumor that required one eye to be removed. In a new documentary about

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Amy Sherald talks to Dr. Leslie King-Hammond about ambition, bending the rules and how that Michelle Obama portrait got made

Juliana Ukiomogbe Long before Dr. Leslie King-Hammond became a leading scholar and mentor in the art world, she was a young girl watching a glass blower make her a replacement eye. Born in the South Bronx in 1944, she had developed a tumor that required one eye to be removed. In a new documentary about

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KIFI broke the news in Idaho Falls, United States on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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