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Betye Saar Dies at 99
The beloved artist dies just four days before her 100th birthday. Also, Trump crosses a new line in his war against the Smithsonian.
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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.
News
Europeans Vote on New Leonardo da Vinci Banknote Design
The European Central Bank’s shortlist for the Euro banknote redesign also includes prints of Ludwig van Beethoven, Miguel de Cervantes, and Marie Curie.
Books Newsletter
Benjamin Moser on Frederic Edwin Church
The writer and translator reviews a new biography of the Hudson River painter, plus more books to round out July.
Art Review
An Exhibition Lets Self-Taught Artists Speak for Themselves
At the Folk Art Museum, “Self-Made” overcomes the problem of “insiders” ventriloquizing self-taught artists.
Daily Newsletter
A Guerrilla Girl Drops Her Mask
Joyce Kozloff becomes the first public member of the feminist collective. Also: Why is an AI company stamping its name onto an art school?
Weekly Newsletter
Christopher Nolan, David Hockney, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
A political prisoner is freed, a Homerist reviews Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” and do we have to pretend to like David Hockney’s iPad paintings?
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Joyce Kozloff Reveals Herself as Guerrilla Girls Founding Member
After decades of anonymity, the feminist artist and activist disclosed in an interview that she is the woman behind the mask of “Liubov Popova.”