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A Dana Schutz Portrait of Trump Just Sold For More Than $711,000

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia October 20, 2020November 6, 2020

The painting of Trump ominously descending an escalator on the day he announced his presidential campaign was sold by Phillips in London today.

Posted inBooks

A Book on Art Protests Falters in the First Act But Deepens the Conversation

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney June 26, 2018June 27, 2018

Whitewalling is an important book that provides historical context for our current and recent controversies around protest; however, it would have been a stronger effort if the author had adopted a more consistent analytical and rhetorical approach.

Posted inOpinion

A Portrait of Artist Dana Schutz’s Son Reframes Issues of Consent and Appropriation

Avatar photo by Kealey Boyd June 19, 2018June 19, 2018

Hamishi Farah’s portrait painting apparently based on a photo of Schutz’s son was intended as a response to her controversial painting of Emmett Till, “Open Casket.”

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Nearly 80 National Academy Members Sign Letter in Support of Dana Schutz and ICA Boston

by Claire Voon August 4, 2017August 4, 2017

The signatories, a mix of members and members-elect, include Kara Walker, Dread Scott, Ed Ruscha, Jack Whitten, Judith Bernstein, and Peter Saul.

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Protesters Call on ICA Boston to Cancel Dana Schutz Show

by Claire Voon July 26, 2017July 27, 2017

A group of local artists, activists, and community members is demanding that the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston “pull the show.”

Posted inArt

The Multifarious Feminism of the Whitney Biennial

by Anne Swartz May 12, 2017May 16, 2017

Through its feminist contributions, the exhibition offers a window onto some of our most pressing cultural concerns, as well as our shortcomings.

Posted inArt

The Possibilities and Failures of the Racial Imagination

Avatar photo by Chloë Bass, Seph Rodney and Jillian Steinhauer April 18, 2017

Three writers consider the controversy surrounding Dana Schutz’s painting of Emmett Till and the Whitney Museum’s public response to it.

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Controversial Dana Schutz Painting Removed from Whitney Biennial Due to Water Leak [UPDATED]

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton April 3, 2017April 6, 2017

Due to a “mechanical issue,” Schutz’s controversial painting and works by Maya Stovall and Julien Nguyen have been temporarily deinstalled.

Posted inArt

The Whitney Biennial Reminds Us America Is Not Post-Race

by Naeem Mohaiemen March 31, 2017April 12, 2017

A slow reading of Ajay Kurian’s work is influenced by a desire to view, parse, and converse with more work by artists of color, and is one of many strategies needed to challenge a dominant, incomplete idea of “American” art.

Posted inOpinion

Censorship, Not the Painting, Must Go: On Dana Schutz’s Image of Emmett Till

Avatar photo by Coco Fusco March 27, 2017March 29, 2017

Presuming that calls for censorship and destruction constitute a legitimate response to perceived injustice leads us down a very dark path.

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Whoopi Weighs in on Emmett Till Painting as Schutz Storm Reaches Daytime TV

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton March 27, 2017March 28, 2017

The debate over “Open Casket,” Dana Schutz’s painting in the Whitney Biennial, was a topic of heated discussion last week during an episode of The View.

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“What Does It Mean to Be Black and Look at This?” A Scholar Reflects on the Dana Schutz Controversy

by Siddhartha Mitter March 24, 2017March 25, 2017

Christina Sharpe says the issue at the heart of the dispute over the Emmett Till painting is not representation so much as intimacy and our relationship to violence.

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