Newsweek, meanwhile, tastelessly labeled skeptics "deniers, " a not-so-subtle comparison to those sick individuals who deny the reality of the Holocaust.
In the Philips wing for instance, Gerrit Berckheyde's "The 'Golden Bend' in the Herengracht" (1671-72), a shimmering, timeless image of one of Amsterdam's principal canals and a recent acquisition, was tastelessly used as a prop in a didactic display on the history of Dutch urban development.