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The Luxurious Lives of the Presidential Turkeys
For Trump’s final Thanksgiving ceremony, it’s unclear who should be pardoning who.
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MoMA and Frick Trustees Shelled Out $900K Combined to Trump’s Campaign
Ronald S. Lauder, honorary chairman of the Museum of Modern Art’s board of trustees, and Stephen Schwarzman, a trustee at the Frick Collection, both donated significant sums to Trump’s reelection campaign according to Forbes.
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Imagining the Trump Presidential Lie-brary
The digital rendering, made by an anonymous New York-based architect, is complete with a COVID memorial, jail cells, and disinformation.
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Artist Sues Trump’s Border Wall Contractors for Destroying His “Cheese Wall”
Artist Cosimo Cavallaro claims the construction company SLSCO, hired by Trump to fortify the US-Mexico border wall, “willfully destroyed” his sculpture made of Cotija cheese.
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Artists, Curators, and More Reflect on Their Voting Experiences
For Election Day, Hyperallergic asked a number of cultural workers to reflect on this year’s critical election.
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Berlin’s Madame Tussauds Dumps Trump Wax Figure Ahead of Election Day
The museum rolled its Trump lookalike off the premises in a dumpster.
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An Apocalyptic Collage Made Entirely of Media Images From Trump’s Presidency
Like a hybrid of a Where’s Waldo puzzle and Hieronymus Bosch painting, Chris Santa Maria’s collage culls from the unsettlingly familiar visual torrent of Trump’s administration.
Art
When Photographers Created a Cult of Personality Around General Franco
Like Trump, Spanish dictator's appearance was not that of a majestic ruler. He had a team who studied propaganda methods and traveled to see posters, exhibitions, and ceremonies first hand.
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A Dana Schutz Portrait of Trump Just Sold For More Than $711,000
The painting of Trump ominously descending an escalator on the day he announced his presidential campaign was sold by Phillips in London today.
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Why Was a Miami Museum the Site of a Trump Town Hall?
The Pérez Art Museum Miami says it has a responsibility to remain nonpartisan, per official guidelines on election advocacy released by the American Alliance of Museums.
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Trump Likened to Mussolini After Appearance on White House Balcony
Many have likened Trump’s photo-op to the famous balcony speeches of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
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What Does Obama and Reagan’s Official Photographer Think About Trump?
In The Way I See It, former White House photographer Pete Souza recalls his time following two different presidents.