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The Rediscovery of Depression Era Public Art
Murals from the Depression era are being regularly rediscovered and, more often than not, restored. The works created for the Works Progress Administration – with their idealized representations of struggling Americans and their faith in the virtue of community and cooperation – speak to our current recessionary moment. Once thought unfashionable and outmoded, the murals […]
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