The artist behind ‘the worst’ Trump portrait defends her work
President Trump’s portrait in the Colorado Capitol in August 2019. Thomas Peipert/AP hide caption toggle caption Thomas Peipert/AP After President Trump said how much he…
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National Endowment for the Humanities staff put on immediate leave
Staff at the National Endowment for the Humanities were put on administrative leave late Thursday night. Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect hide caption toggle…
Cesar Chavez Day celebrates a lifetime fight for justice for farmworkers
A Cesar Chavez button is seen in El Paso, Texas, during a celebration of the civil rights leader on March 31, 2000. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Hulton…
Academy apologizes for not adequately supporting Oscar-winning Palestinian director
Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning Palestinian director of No Other Land, is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba a day…
White House Correspondents’ dinner cancels comedian Amber Ruffin’s appearance
Comedian, writer and actress Amber Ruffin was scheduled to perform at the upcoming White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 26 in Washington, D.C., but the…
Trump wants to restore statues and monuments. Will that happen?
A towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is removed in Richmond, Va., in September 2021. It was one of many monuments and statues…
How will Trump’s executive order affect the Smithsonian?
A view of the Smithsonian Institution Building in Washington, D.C., at sunset in September 2013. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mladen…
Trump executive order seeks to ‘restore’ American history through Smithsonian overhaul
The entry to the Smithsonian Institution’s Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP President Trump signed an…
A glimpse into the newly opened archive of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne
Photograph of Joan Didion in the Vogue Art Department, c. 1958 The archives of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne/New York Public Library hide caption…
‘Sounds like censorship to me.’ O cinema co-founder slams proposed eviction over film
O Cinema South Beach. O Cinema hide caption toggle caption O Cinema O Cinema South Beach, an independent, non-profit movie theater, has been showing sold-out…