An Exhibit Revisit episode just in time for Thanksgiving. The time of year when we gather with family, eat too much food, and maybe think about our nation’s founding. So how about we discuss that here with a 1991 exhibit organized by the National Museum of American Art. "The West as America" went on to enrage Republican Congressmen and resulted in four large comment books filled with visitor feedback.

In this series, I’ll examine an exhibit that’s had a lasting impression on art history. Maybe it galvanized a movement or maybe it was too radical for its time. Whatever the outcome – the decisions made, the artists included or excluded – brought us to where we are today.