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An Exhibition Axed Under Trump’s DEI Ban Finds a New Home
Before the Americas, a show of African-American, Afro-Latino, and Caribbean artists, was among the first to lose funding amid the president’s crackdown.
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Opinion
The Neoliberal Roots of Trump’s Anti-DEI Crusade
The conservative quest for art that reflects “traditional American values” dates back to the early 1980s.
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Amid Attacks on Trans Rights, Museum Staff Push for All-Gender Restrooms
From a toilet "intervention" to signage that upends the traditional gendered silhouette, cultural workers share the labor that goes into developing inclusive facilities.
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Japanese American National Museum Stands Up for DEI
The institution said it would continue to embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion in the face of widespread government funding cuts and pressures.
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Art Museum of the Americas Cancels Second Show Amid Trump’s DEI Crackdown
Andil Gosine’s exhibition used visual art to explore connections between the environment, sexuality, and sexual justice.
Opinion
Notes From a Post-DEI Art World
Even if DEI dies, arts organizations should still move toward the accessibility that has always been at the core of the effort. Here’s how.
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Show on Artists of African Descent Loses Funding Amid Trump DEI Crackdown
The exhibition at the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, DC, would have featured works by Afro-Latino, Caribbean, and African American artists.
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Museums Scramble to Grasp Impact of Trump's DEI Mandate
Widespread uncertainty pervades as institutions either roll back initiatives or try to determine whether their programs are in compliance.
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Smithsonian Institution to Shutter Diversity Offices
In a staff-wide email, the organization said it was complying with Trump’s executive order banning federally funded diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
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National Gallery of Art Ends Diversity Programs
The museum says it is complying with an executive order signed by President Donald Trump.
Opinion
DEI Initiatives Are Dying Down. Now What?
Tips for arts organizations on how to get it right through times of inequity and unrest.
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Florida Governor’s War on “Wokeness” Hits the Arts
An exhibition was canceled after the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota deemed works about diversity and inclusion “potentially offensive.”