Donald Trump
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Trump disbands presidential committee on the arts and the humanities
The US president dissolved the committee in an executive order reversing Joe Biden’s own executive order reviving it
Activist Coco Fusco is using laughter to trump fear
The Cuban American artist has created a satirical newspaper lambasting the new US president
President Trump revives plans for sculpture park dedicated to ‘American heroes’
Statues of George Washington and Frederick Douglass will join those of more contemporary heroes like celebrity chef Julia Child and Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek
Smithsonian Institution and US National Gallery of Art close diversity offices following President Trump's executive order
A Trump executive order has led the largely government-funded institutions to roll back their diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
Architects denounce Trump's call for ‘traditional and classical’ architecture
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has criticised an executive order signed by the new president, claiming his plans could harm local communities
How a controversial bust of Winston Churchill made its way back to the Oval Office
President Donald Trump has returned the statue—one of an identical pair—to his office, but it has not been a simple journey
Donald Trump begins second term as US president following fundraising galas at Washington museums
Trump spoke to donors at the National Building Museum one day after JD Vance hosted supporters at the National Gallery of Art
How galleries can get to grips with Trump 2.0
A round up of practical solutions for those braced for turmoil
Does Trump’s return spell boom or bust for the NFT art market?
Experts are sceptical that the NFT market will ever rebound to its 2021 levels, but the crypto asset sector may still manage to take over the art world one way or the other
Trump claims he will replace the head of the US National Archives
The agency’s previous leader raised concerns in 2022 about Trump’s handling of documents after his first term in office
Art Basel Miami Beach, Notre-Dame reopens in Paris, and Parmigianino’s Vision of St Jerome—podcast
Dispatches from the mega fair, a chat with a chief architect behind the rebuilding of Notre-Dame cathedral, and up close with Parmigianino’s Mannerist masterpiece
Trump ‘bump’ or Trump ‘slump’? What dealers expect from the next four years
On the second day of Art Basel Miami Beach, leading dealers, advisers and market experts are split on the US president-elect’s tax and tariff plans
Trump tariffs will take a toll on art market
The US dominates the global art industry, but new President's proposed additional 10% levy on paintings from China and possible tariff on imports from Europe will damage trade
Comment | Why it's important to find hope for—and through—the arts after the US election
The divisions within American society cannot be ignored, but let’s focus on where the country is united, and how the cultural sector can foster that unity
Bill that would allow Trump to designate art non-profits as 'terrorist organisations' advances to US Senate
The controversial bill has raised worries among Democrats who fear that Trump will exploit it for personal retribution
Phillips's contemporary art auction in New York, hampered by Basquiat flop, brings in slim $44.2m
The night’s total take took a major hit when it was revealed that its second-biggest lot, a Basquiat self-portrait, had failed to sell
‘A lot of damage can be done’: the art world reacts to Donald Trump’s victory in US election
While some are confident that certain democratic institutions and safeguards will hold, many expressed fear, shock and dismay
‘It’s good to be back at these famous steps’: Kamala Harris holds final rally before US election at Philadelphia Museum of Art
The event featured speeches and performances by Oprah Winfrey, Ricky Martin, Lady Gaga and others
US election, the glory of Siena, Gabrielle Goliath — podcast
What is at stake for the US cultural sector as the nation chooses its next president? Plus, a tour of 14th-century Sienese masterpieces and a conversation with Goliath about her ongoing video series Mango Blossoms
Artist-designed billboards opposing Donald Trump and supporting Kamala Harris go up in battleground states
The campaign, organised by the non-profit People For the American Way, includes images by Carrie Mae Weems, Deborah Kass, Alyson Shotz, Christine Sun Kim, Hank Willis Thomas and others
Where the US presidential candidates stand on the arts
Neither major party has a clear policy on art and culture, but the candidates' past actions offer hints at their priorities
Artists and collectors rush to support Kamala Harris campaign
Since Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race, much of the US art world has embraced Harris. Meanwhile, conservative patrons remain split on the Republican candidate, former president Donald Trump
Trump posing with my book is ‘comical’, says Andres Serrano
The artist on how the former president might not be in on the joke
How this photograph of Trump speaks to the power of the image
Evan Vucci’s instinctive composition recalls some famous art of the past, but its real importance may only be felt in the future
How artists are uniting to defeat Donald Trump at the polls
The Artists For Democracy 2024 project is working with world-renowned artists including Shepard Fairey and Carrie Mae Weems to mobilise voters
Donald Trump dines with NFT mega-collectors during break from New York hush-money trial
Between days of testimony by Stormy Daniels, the adult-film star who claims she had sex with Trump in 2006, the former president is meeting NFT collectors at Mar-a-Lago
Graphic memoir charts an ominous journey from Fidel Castro’s Cuba to Donald Trump’s America
Cuban American artist Edel Rodriguez, labelled a “worm” for fleeing Cold War Cuba in 1980, tells story of his progress from impoverished boyhood to creating alarming covers for Time magazine
Last resort: antiquities Israel loaned to Trump are stranded at Mar-a-Lago
Originally loaned to the White House in 2019, the items followed Donald Trump to his Florida residence and have yet to be returned
Biden re-establishes presidential arts committee whose members resigned en masse over Trump’s response to Charlottesville riots
Trump had dissolved the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities following members’ mass resignation in 2017
Donald Trump’s political action committee gives Smithsonian $650,000 to pay for presidential portrait commission
The funds will cover nearly the entire cost of commissioning official portraits of the former president and former first lady Melania Trump for the National Portrait Gallery