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Glenn Ligon’s Whitney Museum Show: Don’t Ask Him About Race

Glenn Ligon’s art has wowed Obama, hangs in the White House, and is the subject of a new Whitney show. So why won’t he talk about its primary subject?

Blake Gopnik
Blake Gopnik
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Artist Glenn Ligon with "America" at the Whitney. (Photo: Brian Finke for Newsweek),BRIAN FINKE
Blake Gopnik

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