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  • Artists Urge Jewish Museum to Save Federal ‘Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art’ from Demolition in Open Letter

    The latest attempt to save the New Deal-era artwork from the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building in Washington, D.C., involves a letter written by a group of artists urging the Jewish Museum in New York to save the murals and sculptural reliefs created by Jewish artists like Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and Seymour Fogel. The read more

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  • Activists Fight to Salvage the “Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art”

    A group of artists, preservationists, and activists is sounding the alarm against Trump’s potential demolition of a prominent federal office building next to the National Mall, and the treasured artworks inside it — including several New Deal-era murals that speak to the value of Social Security in the United States. Alex Lawson, executive director of read more

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    Activists Fight to Salvage the “Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art”