jeffrey: glenn ligon is himself a well-known artist.e museum exterior represents the words of a young man beaten while in police custody. but for this exhibition he had another role, helping to finish the work of the man who conceived and inspired it. >> it is one of the most can sick -- significant south african artists of the century. jeffrey: nigerian-born okwui enwezor was a hugely influential art world figure, first as a champion of contemporary african art and artists, little known or seen in museums. i spoke with him for his seminal 2002 exhibition, the short century. >> coming to the united states a little more than 20 years ago, i was really confronted with the complete absence of what i consider to be a history that i belonged to. jeffrey: over the years, enwezor would help expand that space, before dying of cancer in 2019 at age 55. >> grief and grievance was his last project, turning his attention to the african-american experience. glenn ligon points to the range of work to show the subtle yet powerful approaches of artists