Dana Schutz is an artist known for having a sense of humor — and an edge. Schutz's painting, Open Casket, shown last year at the Whitney Biennial, drew protests "urging that the painting be not ...

But that doesn’t mean it has been without controversy: A group of artists are asking that a painting of Emmett Till’s dead body, titled Open Casket by white artist Dana Schutz, be removed from ...

Their objections stem from the white New York artist’s controversial painting “Open Casket,” which she based on a 1955 photo of the mutilated body of the black 14-year-old Emmett Till after ...

: White Artist’s Painting of Emmett Till in Open Casket Sparks Racial Debate, Protests . Click to read more about on EURweb .

But the failures of “Open Casket” and the problems with its inclusion in the biennial shouldn’t be reduced to the artist’s whiteness. Schutz is a painter who likes pushing boundaries; her ...

“Open Casket” by Dana Schutz at the Whitney, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo / Alina Heineke) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional ...

In Dana Schutz: Imagine Me and You, on view at Petzel Gallery through February 23, the artist’s canvasses are hyper-assertive, ... It was then that her Open Casket, a small, ...

Column; April 6, 2017; Dana Schutz’s Right to Make Art Dana Schutz’s Right to Make Art The controversy over “Open Casket” forces us to reconsider whether an artist’s identity matters.

Art has never had it easy. It never will. ... Open Casket, capturing a specific instance of racial violence, is a departure, and it has brought outrage she did not anticipate.

They found Emmett Till’s casket in 2009. It was under a tarp in a shed in Burr Oak Cemetery, outside Chicago. When they opened it, possums scurried out. The casket had come out of the earth five ...

Tshinanga first saw the image of Emmett's open casket as a teenager. Like Allen, she didn't fully grasp its continued relevance until one of her generation's versions was splashed across social ...