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Guston, a new book about her father’s life and work, Musa Mayer reflects on the controversial postponement of a major Guston retrospective at four museums. She maintains the institutions pushed back the show out of fear, and that it was a mistake. The “paintings are essentially about white culpability the culpability of all of us, including himself,” Mayer says. “That is why he referred to some of them as self-portraits. He wasn’t just pointing the finger at others, he was pointing it at himself. What hope is there if artists cannot examine theirselves?” (
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Judge dismisses defamation claims surrounding coverage of suspected art forgery case
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One of Leon Golub s paintings. Courtesy photo
Published: 2/19/2021 3:41:55 PM
A judge has dismissed a defamation case filed against NHPR and several New Hampshire newspapers, including the
Monitor, over reporting about a civil lawsuit involving more than a dozen paintings believed to be forgeries.
The Feb. 15 decision by Judge Brian Tucker of the Sullivan County Superior Court tossed out the 51 claims of defamation and conspiracy filed by Lorettann and Nikolas Gascard against the
Monitor, Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Keene Sentinel and New Hampshire Public Radio. They sought $250 million.