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A Black artist and a Jewish artist mock the KKK in a new Jewish Museum show

JL;DR SUMMARY At the Jewish Museum in New York, the exhibition "Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston" showcases powerful art tackling racism and antisemitism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Mel BrooksRacismJewish MuseumArt ExhibitionSatirePhilip GustonKu Klux KlanCharlie ChaplinTrenton Doyle Hancock

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Manhattan, New York, United States
"I toured a new exhibit at the Jewish Museum on the Upper East Side in Manhattan."
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Philip Guston, born Phillip Goldstein in Montreal in 1913, was inspired by the ferment of the 1960s to create a series of cartoonish paintings featuring hooded members of the Ku Klux Klan."
Paris, Texas, United States
"Hancocks seemingly humorous works are also working through extremely grim themes. The Klan was active in his hometown of Paris, Texas."
Woodstock, New York, United States
"Hancock, a Texas-born artist who was a child when Guston died in 1980 in upstate Woodstock, New York."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"When the exhibition did open at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2022, the museum offered a pamphlet from a trauma specialist and a detour allowing visitors to skip the Klan-themed works."

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