Preserve the Cohen Federal Building’s New Deal murals
A report from Nytimes says the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, home to New Deal–era murals by Philip Guston, Ben Shahn and Seymour Fogel, has been placed on the General Services Administration’s “accelerated dispositions” list and could be sold, putting the site-specific artworks at risk.
The sale was approved by Congress with a condition that the building be emptied of tenants, and the G.S.A. says any disposition would include preservationist covenants; critics worry such protections could be overridden after recent high-profile federal renovations.
United States