Artists Call on Jewish Museum’s Support to Save New Deal-Era Murals

The Cohen Building, which houses works by Jewish artists Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and Seymour Fogel, among others, is slated for sale by the Trump administration.

Artists Call on Jewish Museum’s Support to Save New Deal-Era Murals
West wall of Ben Shahn's "Meaning of Social Security" mural in the Cohen Building in Washington, DC (photo by Carol Highsmith via Library of Congress)