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Art Scholars Pledge to Boycott Columbia University
Art historians and professors are among the hundreds who signed an open letter denouncing the school’s capitulation to Trump’s demands.
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Organizations Lose Pivotal Grants as DOGE Takes Axe to Humanities Agency
Museums, libraries, and archives are receiving grant termination notices immediately halting funding for myriad arts and culture projects.
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Dozens of Museum Agency Workers Put on Leave Amid Trump Overhaul
Processing of 2025 grant applications has been halted after Trump moved to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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Trump Whitewashes History in New Smithsonian Executive Order
Among other disturbing and demonstrably false distortions, the mandate suggests that race is a “biological reality” — a tenet of racist pseudoscientific beliefs.
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Colorado Legislature Bows to Trump’s Demands to Remove “Distorted” Portrait
The president said the painting, which had hung in the state’s capitol since 2019, was “truly the worst.”
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Trump-Appointed Museum Agency Leader Vows to “Restore Focus on Patriotism”
Keith Sonderling’s appointment to the Institute of Museum and Library Services has caused alarm among freedom of expression advocacy groups.
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Trump Moves to Dismantle Institute of Museum and Library Services
An executive order demands workforce and operation reductions “that the President has determined are unnecessary” at the IMLS and several agencies.
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Trump Pushes Out First Native Chair of National Endowment for the Humanities
Shelly C. Lowe has left her position at the NEH “at the direction of President Trump,” the agency said.
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Trump Federal Job Cuts May Threaten Thousands of Artworks
Expected layoffs in the General Services Administration’s fine arts and preservation units will reportedly leave the fate of many public works in limbo.
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How Will Trump’s Tariffs Affect Art Supplies in the US?
"We expect prices to rise or severely limit the colors we can offer artists," said Roger Danilo Carmona of Manhattan’s Kremer Pigments.
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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.
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Trump’s Funding Freeze Leaves Ukrainian Cultural Heritage in Limbo
Experts worry for the future of vital preservation programs as the US State Department reviews its policies.