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National Gallery of Art Closes Amid Government Shutdown
The museum is among the federally funded organizations affected by the impasse as Democrats and Republicans spar over healthcare.
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How Will the US Government Shutdown Impact Museums?
The National Gallery of Art and others will use funding to keep the lights on for a few days while some National Park sites will close as employees are furloughed.
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DOGE Meeting With National Gallery of Art Sets Off Alarm Bells
The Elon Musk-led agency met with museum leadership to discuss the organization’s “legal status” as the Trump administration continues its attacks on federal arts funding.
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Activist Convicted in Degas Sculpture Action Says He Did It “For My Two Children”
Timothy Martin could go to prison for smearing black paint on the protective case of Edgar Degas’s “Little Dancer,” which was unharmed, at the National Gallery of Art.
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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.
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Why Is the National Gallery of Art Hosting a Trump-Vance Fundraiser?
Though not forbidden by nonprofit guidelines, such events at museums and institutions have long generated controversy.
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Activists Get Prison Time for Dumping Powder on Constitution Case
Although the historical document was unscathed, the two protesters were charged with “felony destruction of government property.”
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Ford Foundation’s Darren Walker Named President of National Gallery of Art
Walker has been credited with developing a major art acquisition fund for the DC museum, where he has been a trustee since 2019.
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A Fiber-Forward Vision of Modern Art
An exhibition at the National Gallery of Art makes the case that textiles are an integral part of modernist art history.
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National Gallery of Art Names Its First-Ever Curator of Latinx Art
Natalia Ángeles Vieyra will develop the museum’s existing collections of Latinx art through new acquisitions, scholarship, exhibitions, and public programming.
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National Gallery of Art Acquires Paintings by Women of the Boston School
The works by Mary Bradish Titcomb and Elizabeth Okie Paxton show how women artists inserted subtle agency in scenes of seemingly ordinary domesticity.
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Calling for Gaza Ceasefire, Artists Withdraw Work From National Gallery of Art
Nicholas Galanin and Merritt Johnson asked the federally funded museum to remove their sculpture, citing the US's support of Israel's attacks on Gaza.