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DC Protesters Slam Trump's Fascist Triumphal Arch
A group of 50 used puppets and a fake arch to deliver the point that Americans are against the "Arc de Trump."
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News
Americans Place “I Voted” Stickers on Memorials to ICE Victims
Voting stickers appeared across memorials dedicated to Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Alex Pretti, both of whom were killed by ICE agents earlier this year.
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Surprise! US Pavilion Needs More Cash to Ship Works Home
Commissioner Jenni Parido sent a letter to donors pleading for "urgent funding" for deinstallation and shipping as the Venice Biennale comes to an end.
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Utah Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Nine Mile Canyon Construction Project
The environmental organizations filed a suit against the Bureau of Land Management for approving the project that endangers centuries-old Indigenous petroglyphs.
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Congressman Calls on Smithsonian to Document Trump’s “Narcissistic Self-Worship”
Democrat Jamie Raskin’s proposed bill asks the institution to preserve items related to Trump’s “propagandistic assault on American history.”
News
European Parliament Installs Gilded Nude Statue Mocking Trump
Danish artist Jens Galschiøt’s sculpture “The Orange Plague” depicts a naked Trump sitting on the shoulders of a man straining under his weight.
News
Fall of Freedom Returns With Hundreds of Anti-Authoritarian Art Actions
Public artworks and zine-making workshops are on this year’s line-up, uniting artists and cultural organizations against an increasingly authoritarian administration.
News
Kehinde Wiley Requests to Buy Back Painting Removed by State Department
Trump officials removed the work from an embassy in the Dominican Republic in August, labeling it "woke."
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Activists Unveil Quilt Honoring Thousands Disappeared by ICE in Minnesota
The Stolen Neighbors Quilt features 11,000 hand-stitched squares in an indictment of violence against immigrants and a “call for political courage.”
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Another Abstract Public Artwork Faces Trump’s Senseless Ire
The president wants to replace José de Rivera's “Infinity” (1967) outside the National Museum of American History with a statue of George Washington.
Opinion
Lonnie Bunch’s Resignation Is a Wake-Up Call
Trump was a necessary blunt instrument for the coordinated fascist assault on the United States, but a hammer no longer matters once a picture has been hung on the wall.
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Trust in US Museums Grows Across Party Lines, Survey Finds
But the federal government’s threats to institutional independence could undermine these upward trends.