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By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton

Detail of Vincent Valdez’s work “The City I” at the Blanton Museum of Art.

On his second day at the gallery, Ernest’s new co-worker brought his blanket to work. It’s not a small lap blanket for a winter chill. No, it’s a full-blown Linus van Pelt light blue blanket straight out of a “Peanuts” cartoon by Charles Shultz that he wears seated at his desk. When passing him, Ernest did a double-take. However, isn’t America used to men wearing bed sheets? While the blue blanket symbolizes purity, a painting unveiled last week in Texas depicts the white sheets of racism. Vince Valdez’s “City of Hope l,” now at the Blanton Art Museum is our art of the week.

Charles Schulz’s Linus and his blanket, the sage and guru of "The Peanuts" comic strip

NEWS OF WEEK from across the USA, and around the world, see below:

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