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NEH Calls for Proposals for Trump’s Bizarre Sculpture Garden
After slashing hundreds of grants for cultural institutions, the agency is opening applications for the president’s widely questioned “National Garden of American Heroes.”
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Trump’s Top Envoy Says Palais de l’Élysée Looks Just Like Mar-a-Lago
Steve Witkoff is the laughingstock of the internet for drawing parallels between Trump’s Florida beach club and the ornate 18th-century French palace.
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Texas Schools Ban Lesson Over Exposed Nipple on Virginia Flag
“Nudity on a state flag is an absurd justification to censor a history lesson,” ACLU Staff Attorney Chloe Kempf told Hyperallergic.
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Woman Accuses Kehinde Wiley of Sexual Assault in New Lawsuit
The complaint comes in the wake of at least four other public accusations against the artist, all of which he has vehemently denied.
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The Most Joyful Hats of NYC’s Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival
From artwork tributes to miniature landmarks, this year’s event brought together the quirky, camp, and fantastical in what one participant called “a love-fest.”
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DOGE Meeting With National Gallery of Art Sets Off Alarm Bells
The Elon Musk-led agency met with museum leadership to discuss the organization’s “legal status” as the Trump administration continues its attacks on federal arts funding.
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Is the Smithsonian Museum of the American Latino Finally Moving Forward?
Amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, a bipartisan coalition is advocating for a bill that would guarantee the institution a spot on the National Mall.
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Devastating Photo of Gaza Child Amputee Wins Top Global Award
Palestinian journalist Samar Abu Elouf earned the World Press Photo of the Year award for her image of nine-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour, who lost both arms in an Israeli attack.
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Russian Photographer Disinvited From World Press Photo Ceremony
Georgian journalists argued that Mikhail Tereshchenko, a staffer for a Russian state-backed media outlet, should not have received the award for his photos of the Tbilisi protests.
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Elon Musk Statue Defaced in Texas
The apparent vandalism coincided with nationwide protests against the Trump administration and DOGE’s federal job cuts.
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Katy Perry’s Supernatural, Extraterrestrial, Very Memeable Trip to Space
As the internet reminds us, Perry’s comically brief journey on Jeff Bezos’s rocket flopped in the public eye as hard as her seventh studio album.
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The Artist Reviving a Native Hawaiian Clothmaking Tradition
Lehuauakea, one of the few kapa practitioners under the age of 30 working in the art form today, is the recipient of a Walker Youngbird Foundation grant for emerging Native American artists.