> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Trump Puts His Face on the Passport - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/trump-puts-his-face-on-the-passport/ - Published: 2026-04-30T10:00:02.000Z - Updated: 2026-04-30T10:00:05.000Z - Description: Plus, John Yau on Édouard Glissant’s collection, Sotheby’s holds a benefit auction for the Yale MFA program, and more. - Author: Hyperallergic - Tags: Daily Newsletter, Newsletter The late philosopher Édouard Glissant saw the world as an archipelago, a non-hierarchical cluster of distinct but connected islands. To him, art wasn’t about ownership, but a commons — a living archive attentive to difference, but defined by relation and provisional alliances. It’s a way of thinking that is “practically unheard of in America,” critic John Yau writes in a review of an exhibition of Glissant’s collection at the Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA) in New York. “We are the poorer for it.” Yep. As if to prove that point, the Trump administration announced this week that it plans to issue passports prominently displaying the president’s portrait and signature. Rather than Glissant’s vision of freedom — of movement, of association, of kinship across difference — the so-called “Land of the Free” has chosen to brand its passport with the very symbol of violently enforced borders. But it’s not all bad news out there — speaking of provisional alliances, Sotheby’s is holding an auction to raise funds for Yale MFA scholarships. As Yale Dean Kymberly Pinder put it, the school is “investing in a community that will continue to grow.” Amen. —*Lisa Yin Zhang, associate editor* --- [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/A250-Passport-Inside-1-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/trump-adds-his-face-to-the-us-passport/) Special-edition US passport will feature Trump's likeness and signature. (courtesy US State Department) ### [Trump Adds His Face to the US Passport](https://hyperallergic.com/trump-adds-his-face-to-the-us-passport/) The new passport design is an audacious escalation of the president’s attempts to tag public resources with his name and likeness. | Isa Farfan --- SPONSORED [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/AFAM.jpeg)](https://hyperallergic.com/self-made-american-folk-art-museum/) ****Reclaiming the Self-Taught Artist’s Creative Identity** “Self-Made: A Century of Inventing Artists” at the American Folk Art Museum offers rare first-time views, and always-free access, to over 90 works shifting art historical narratives. [Learn more ](https://hyperallergic.com/self-made-american-folk-art-museum/) --- ## News [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/Howardena-Pindell--Untitled--123--2024--1--1-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/sothebys-auction-raises-funds-for-yale-mfa-scholarships/) Howardena Pindell, “Untitled #123” (2024) (courtesy Sotheby’s) - The Yale School of Art is partnering with Sotheby’s to [host an auction benefiting scholarships](https://hyperallergic.com/sothebys-auction-raises-funds-for-yale-mfa-scholarships/) for students in its Master of Fine Arts program, a collaboration that speaks to larger questions of affordability in higher arts education. - George Herms, one of the founders of the West Coast Assemblage movement, [dies at age 90](https://hyperallergic.com/george-herms-titan-of-west-coast-assemblage-dies-at-90/). --- ## Art Review [![x](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/9786589342595_6-1-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/edouard-glissants-museum-as-archipelago/) José Gamarra, “L’inaccessible...” (1986–87) (photo courtesy Mémorial ACTe, fonds Région Guadeloupe) ### [Édouard Glissant’s Museum-as-Archipelago](https://hyperallergic.com/edouard-glissants-museum-as-archipelago/) An exhibition of his collection finds provisional alliances between artists, rather than reiterating established hierarchies. | John Yau --- SPONSORED [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/BAThomas_10789_Disco.jpeg)](https://hyperallergic.com/nada-new-york-2026-welcomes-121-international-galleries/) ****NADA New York 2026 Welcomes 121 International Galleries** The 12th edition of the New Art Dealers Alliance’s signature fair presents an expanded selection of contemporary art from around the world. On view May 13–17. [Learn more ](https://hyperallergic.com/nada-new-york-2026-welcomes-121-international-galleries/) --- ## Community [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/GettyImages-1026466368--1--1-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/remembering-raghu-rai-jack-thornell-and-jarvis-rockwell/) Late photographer Raghu Rai (photo Raajessh Kashyap/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) ### [Remembering Raghu Rai, Jack Thornell, and Jarvis Rockwell](https://hyperallergic.com/remembering-raghu-rai-jack-thornell-and-jarvis-rockwell/) This week, we honor India’s most celebrated photojournalist, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, and a multi-media artist. --- ## Member Comment Holly Wong on Aaron Short's “[Joan Semmel Is Doing Her Best Work at 93](https://hyperallergic.com/joan-semmel-is-doing-her-best-work-at-93/)” This article gives me so much hope. It proves that you can have a singular vision, go against the grain of art world trends and build a life of meaning and purpose. I am so grateful that Joan has begun to be recognized in significant ways but this late career recognition doesn't define what she has already achieved, which is to courageously have a voice when no one else is listening. --- ## From the Archive [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/2026/04/0001-1.jpg)](https://hyperallergic.com/edouard-glissant-sought-to-undermine-the-european-ideological-underpinnings-of-colonization/) **The Archipelago Conversations* by Édouard Glissant with Hans Ulrich Obrist (courtesy Isolarii) ### [Édouard Glissant Sought to Undermine the European Ideological Underpinnings of Colonization](https://hyperallergic.com/edouard-glissant-sought-to-undermine-the-european-ideological-underpinnings-of-colonization/) In conversations with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Glissant proposed an Art Museum of the Americas. | David Brazil