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10/07/2020
The NGA doubles-down on its cowardly delay of its important show on racism.
The director says the public doesn't need a white artist to explain racism. The director is wrong. Guston's art is not his attempt to "explain racism". It is a powerful and authentic explanation of his experience of racism. Guston's art reminds me of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's focus on men who suffered because of sexism--an approach she took not because men were the greatest victims of sexism but because it helped her audience understand and appreciate the problem. So, too, Guston's work helps the world understand racism. The NGA's director is misguided and demonstrating unfortunate cowardice.
The director of the National Gallery of Art discusses the decision to postpone its highly anticipated Philip Guston retrospective.