FINALLY, A SIGNIFICANT EXHIBITION has opened on 2 March 2023 at the National Gallery of Art—Phillips Guston NOW.  This show has been “PAUSED” for two years and then again the opening date was delayed from Feb. 26 to March 2.  My response to this was YIKES!  However, what further flabbergasted me were the reasons for this delay given by a NGA spokesperson: “We heard very strong concerns about opening an exhibition that includes pictures of the Ku Klux Klan during Black History Month. The new opening date addresses that concern and allows more time for in-gallery training and conversation for front-facing staff prior to the opening.”  Although the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols on 7^th January by Memphis police was never mentioned, possibly this factored into the changing of the date.  However, why would I be surprised, given the Director of the NGA initiated the postponement of the Guston exhibition from the new opening in September 2020 after the first delay because of the pandemic?