News
Four Construction Companies Will Build Concrete Prototypes for US-Mexico Border Wall
US Customs and Border Protection has awarded contracts to four general construction providers based in Alabama, Arizona, Mississippi, and Texas.
Donald Trump
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Members of President’s Arts Committee Resign en Masse in Protest of Trump [UPDATED]
All 17 private members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities published a letter condemning Trump's "hateful rhetoric" after Charlottesville.
News
After Trump Calls Confederate Monuments “Beautiful,” Twitter Responds with Memes
The responses to this drivel came swiftly on Twitter, with people pointing out all the beautiful works of public art that have popped up this year alone, including guerrilla sculptures of a nude Trump.
News
Thousands of Protesters and an Inflatable Rat Welcome President Trump Back to NYC
Last night outside Trump Tower, Jeffrey Beebe’s inflatable sculpture Trumpy the Rat made its debut and thousands of New Yorkers gathered to protest the president during his first visit home since taking office.
News
US Artist Trolls Trump with Billboard in Mexico City
After being denied by US ad companies, Mitch O'Connell took his billboard depicting President Donald Trump as a sinewy alien to Mexico City, where it now prominently hangs.
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Trumpy the Rat Will Debut Next Week, When the President Returns to NYC [UPDATED]
The 15-foot-tall inflatable protest prop, developed by Chelsea gallery BravinLee programs, was tailor-made to resemble Donald Trump.
Opinion
If Donald Trump Were an Art Critic…
Do you really want to know what Trump has to say about art?
News
No, Stephen Miller, the Statue of Liberty Can’t Be Divorced from the Poem on Its Base
In a White House press briefing that announced President Donald Trump’s support for the RAISE Act, Miller dismissed Emma Lazarus’s poem as being “added later.”
Art
Undocumented Immigrants Create Floral Arrangements for Trump
Artist Lizania Cruz invited flower workers to send messages to the President through bouquets.
News
Trump Drawing Sells for $29,184 at Auction. Sad!
A 2005 drawing by the reality TV star–turned–US President has fetched a very high price at auction.
In Brief
Chicago Installs “REAL FAKE” Sculpture in Front of Trump Tower
A gleaming, six-foot-tall sculpture by local artist Scott Reeder appeared this week near the downtown Trump International Hotel and Tower, spelling out just two words in thick, golden letters: "REAL FAKE."
Performance
A Faustian Satire of Our Shitty President
The new play Faust 3: The Turd Coming, or The Fart of the Deal is a gloves-off attack on Donald Trump — though it never mentions him by name.