‘I want the world to ask, “Why not champion more women, more artists of colour?” ’

“Nate really represents our relationship with Naomi, because we were not familiar with his work at all before she mentioned him. His work is a whole journey into American history for us,” says Sarr, explaining how Young’s recent exhibition at Chicago gallery Monique Meloche looked at the Great Migration of African-Americans, including the artist’s great-grandfather, from the south to the north.'