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.
Donald Trump
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.
Art
Decoding the Trump Regime
What good can political art do?
News
Artists Stage Protest Performances in Trump Tower
Some two dozen performers took over the building's public garden on June 14 to protest President Trump's plan to eliminate the NEA.
Art
Trump in Hell
They used to call Satan the Greedy one, the Father of Lies. There's a new boss in the underworld who's gonna show them how its done.
Art
Why Eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts Would Hurt Rural Americans the Most
The NEA, which the Trump administration has proposed to fully defund, has long been accused of primarily serving coastal elites, when in fact the opposite is true.
In Brief
Trump Has a Coat of Arms, and It’s a Copy
The president plagiarized it from the family that built the Mar-a-Lago estate, changing only one detail in the process.
News
The National Endowment for the Humanities Isn't Shutting Down
Despite President Trump's proposal to eliminate it, the agency says it "will continue to operate as usual."
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In Brief
Trump’s 2018 Budget Proposes Ending National Endowments for Arts and Humanities [UPDATED]
A slew of independent agencies would be done away with, while defense spending would go up by $54 billion, under the president's proposed budget.
Opinion
In Saudi Arabia, Trump Touches Glowing Orb and Unleashes Memes
What is the orb and why is it so strange? The internet has a few suggestions.
News
Guerrilla Golden Toilets Across the US Invite You to "Take a Trump!"
An anonymous collective called the Art Finksters dropped the loos — which are emblazoned with an image of a pig wearing a crown — on the president's 100th day in office.