
The Firestorm Around 'Open Casket'
The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2017
This year’s Whitney Biennial became the center of controversy after Dana Schutz, a white artist, displayed her depiction of Emmett Till’s funeral. The writer Antwaun Sargent discusses the painting titled "Open Casket," the consequent protest from the black community and how the issue of appropriation played out in the art world.


