Art Review
Widline Cadet’s Doubled Diaspora
The Haitian-born photographer explores how various media, from dusty analog photo albums to cell phone videos, store and shape personal histories of migration.
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News
Man Arrested in Broad Daylight Theft of 2,500-Year-Old Gold Torque From French Museum
Discovered in an ancient Celtic tomb in northern Burgundy, the neck collar is considered one of the most prized objects in the institution's collection.
Art Review
The Queer Surrealists Who Fought Nazis With Paper Bullets
Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore shared a magnificent life as both romantic and creative partners, one in which gender proved as mercurial as the political climate of World War II.
News
Historic Japanese Castle Damaged in 7.1-Magnitude Earthquake
The Kumamoto Castle houses priceless artworks from the Edo period.
Art Review
Walter Benjamin Warned Us About AI
The philosopher believed that good photography provokes cognition while dangerous photography soothes, as seen in a jewel box show at the Jewish Museum.
Community
Art Problems: Why Are There So Many Toxic People in the Art World?
Paddy Johnson with essential tips on how to protect yourself from insecure peers and bad-faith actors.
News
Photobook Publisher Steidl in Dire Straits After Threat of Bankruptcy
Though it has resolved recent insolvency proceedings, the German publisher remains shaken by a 50% drop in international sales.
Obituary
Betye Saar, Who Opened Portals Between Worlds, Dies at 99
Her visionary assemblages recast the debris of American history into monuments of Black resilience and liberation.
Feature
Smithsonian Hearing's Most Bizarre Moments Ranked by Tier
“Is Mickey Mouse racist?” Texas Republican Congressman Brandon Gill asked National Museum of American History Director Anthea Hartig.
News
Tell Us, O Muse, of Elon Musk's Racist AI Version of "The Odyssey"
The tech billionaire denounced Christopher Nolan's blockbuster, vowing to create his own feature-length film using Grok.
Opinion
The Smithsonian Is Not the President's Museum
The Trump administration’s latest order marks an unprecedented effort to subordinate one of America's foremost public institutions to partisan power.
Trump Administration
Trump Orders Installation of Warning Signs Outside Smithsonian Museum
The administration’s demand comes just days after the director of the National Museum of American History testified before a congressional subcommittee.