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Main Themes, Keywords

narratives of progress and development, Modernism, American history, Regionalism, Social Realism, The American Dream, muralism, industrialization, migration, globalization, consumerism, institutional history, WPA

New School Exhibitions and Events

(re) collection, exhibition at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons School of Design, June 16–September 7, 2011

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Excerpt of curatorial statement from the (re)collection exhibition, curated by Silvia Rocciolo, Eric Stark, and John Wanzel, at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons School of Design, June 16 – September 7, 2011

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Historical Context

Julia Foulkes. “America Today (and The New School) at the Met” article about the deaccession of Benton murals on Histories of The New School website, May 28, 2018

Dora Sapunar. “66 W. 12th Street: Interiors,” article about the original interiors of the 12th street building on Histories of The New School website, April 24, 2018

Jennifer Wilson. “The Writing on the Wall,” essay on the historical and current controversies around murals in public spaces on Public Seminar, September 25, 2019 Download PDF (682.72 KB)

Selected Readings and Sources

Griffey, Randall R., Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser and Stephanie L. Herdrich, Thomas Hart Benton’s America Today. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, December issue, 2015.

Timeline of Benton’s America Today on AXA’s website

Thomas Hart Benton’s America Today at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945, exhibition at the Whitney:

Cotter, Holland. “How Mexico’s Muralists Lit a Fire Under U.S. Artists.” The New York Times, 20 February, 2020

Haskell, Barbara. “América: Mexican Muralism and Art in The United States, 1925–1945.” Whitney Museum of American Art website, 2020

Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945, exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Feb 17–May 17, 2020

Thomas Hart Benton

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