| Happy Wednesday! We’re proud to present the latest episode of the Hyperallergic Podcast, featuring a discussion between Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian, poet and critic John Yau, and artist Trenton Doyle Hancock, who speaks about the dialogue between his work and Philip Guston’s satirical Ku Klux Klan paintings in his new show at the Jewish Museum. Traversing the artists’ shared interest in the absurd contradictions of American racism and use of comic visual language, it’s an illuminating conversation you won’t want to miss. And after you give it a listen this morning, read through curator Lise Ragbir’s timely opinion piece on the future of a post-DEI art world and why institutions must commit to what’s always been at the core of these efforts: accessibility. Meanwhile, hundreds rally against worker layoffs outside a benefit dinner at the Brooklyn Museum. News Editor Valentina Di Liscia and Staff Writer Isa Farfan report from the protest.
There’s much more below, including an update on Manhattan’s Elizabeth Street Garden controversy, and the occult paintings of Gertrude Abercrombie, whom Ed Simon characterizes as a “jazz witch” — a compliment of the highest order, to my ears. — Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Associate Editor | 
