Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. LENDERS TO THE EXHIBITION AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM 5
3. Contents 7
4. Foreword 9
5. Acknowledgments 11
6. ART AND ACTIVISM: THE CURRENCY OF BEN SHAHN 14
7. WORKING AND WAITING: BEN SHAHN’S PICTURES OF AND AFTER LABOR 34
8. DIGNITY, GRIMNESS, URGENCY: BEN SHAHN AND THE POSTER ART OF WORLD WAR II 42
9. BEN SHAHN AT MOMA IN 1947: REFLECTIONS ON AESTHETIC DEBATES IN THE EARLY COLD WAR ERA 50
10. WORKS
11. THE ROOTS OF ACTIVISM: BEN SHAHN’S CAUSES CÉLÈBRES 63
12. A NEW DEAL FOR ART: FROM REVOLUTION TO REFORM 81
13. WORLD WAR II AND ITS AFTERMATH 145
14. THE LABOR MOVEMENT 177
15. AGE OF ANXIETY: THE COLD WAR AND CIVIL LIBERTIES 203
16. ART IN THE ATOMIC AGE 221
17. CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE GLOBAL STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM 235
18. SPIRITUALITY, IDENTITY, AND THE HEBREW BIBLE 251
19. LIST OF WORKS 269
20. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY SINCE 1989 280
21. JEWISH MUSEUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES, 2025 283