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NEA shuts down arts grant for 'underserved communities' amid flurry of Trump executive orders
The Trump administration's shifting priorities rejects diversity, equity and inclusion in arts organisations
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
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
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
Climate activists who dumped red powder on US Constitution at National Archives sentenced to prison
Donald Zepeda and Jackson Green were also involved in the paint attack on Degas’s ballerina and writing “Honor Them” on a wall last year at the National Gallery of Art
Smithsonian receives $40m from the Lilly Endowment
The money will be used for programming related to the semiquincentennial of the US in 2026
President Biden awards National Medal of Arts to artists including Mark Bradford, Carrie Mae Weems and Alex Katz
It's the highest honour awarded by the US federal government to artists in a wide range of disciplines and art patrons
Darren Walker elected board president of US National Gallery of Art
Walker has led the New York-based Ford Foundation for the past 11 years
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino gets $2m donation from PepsiCo
The soft drink company's gift will support the planning, designing and building of the museum's future complex in Washington, DC
Smithsonian Institution launches $2.5bn fundraising campaign
The campaign, timed to coincide with the semiquincentennial of the United States in 2026, is the most ambitious fundraising undertaking for a cultural organisation on record
Refik Anadol's AI tribute to Czech composer Antonín Dvořák takes the stage in Washington, DC
The work, on view this month at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Reach Plaza, is “not about replacing or erasing him, about remembering him”, Anadol says
Hottest Abe: wax statue of Lincoln loses its head amid US heat wave
The artist Sandy Williams IV’s wax replica of the Lincoln Memorial melted during the East Coast heat wave
18th-century glass bottles filled with cherries discovered at George Washington's Mount Vernon residence
Brandy, anyone?
Two climate activists charged for pouring red powder on National Archives display of the US Constitution
The Valentine’s Day protest was carried out by members of the environmental group Declare Emergency
The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum opens its first (digital) exhibition
Launching on International Women's Day, 'Becoming Visible' focuses on five historical women whose achievements have been glaringly overlooked
The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum acquired more than 80 works over the past year
Ranging from painting to installation and beyond, the latest additions to the museum's holdings include contemporary voices as well as legends like Nam June Paik and Robert Irwin
Temporary monument brings a feminist timeline of history to Washington, DC’s National Mall
Artist Tiffany Shlain’s sculpture “Dendrofemonology” chronicles women’s achievements stretching back 50,000 years, on the eve of an election in which women’s rights are at stake
Federally funded museums in the US brace for government shutdown
The Smithsonian Institution and National Gallery of Art are making plans for continuing operations amid a government shutdown that appears increasingly likely
The National Museum of Women in the Arts reopens after $67.5m makeover
The Washington, DC, museum opens on 21 October with an ambitious show of previously unseen large-scale sculptures and immersive installations
New stained-glass windows by Kerry James Marshall unveiled at Washington, DC's National Cathedral
The new works replace those depicting Confederate generals that were removed in 2017
Artists including Sheila Hicks and Hank Willis Thomas receive US State Department's Medal of Arts
Medals were presented to five visual artists by First Lady Jill Biden at a ceremony in Washington, DC
Jenny Holzer to project quotes about democracy in DC to celebrate Art in Embassies anniversary
The work will appear on the facades of two museums on the Mall, a “very resonant location for democracy in America”
National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC apologises to visitor with a disability who was forcibly removed
Celeste Tooth, a student and artist, was escorted off the museum premises following a disagreement with a guard over their backpack
Monuments to overlooked histories are coming to Washington, DC’s National Mall
New public art show will bring alternative monuments by Derrick Adams, Wendy Red Star, vanessa german and others to the busiest national park in the US
Smithsonian under fire for abrupt cancellation of Asian American literary festival
The institution cited “unforeseen circumstances”, leaving angry participants with debt and many unanswered questions
Smithsonian picks architect for $130m Bezos Learning Center on Washington, DC's National Mall
The new education annex of the National Air and Space Museum will be funded through a $200m gift from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos
Kimchi and K-pop: National Museum of Asian Art marks centenary with festival
The Washington, DC, institution wants to better connect with Asian American communities
Acclaimed sculptural installation, once threatened with demolition, reopens at new site
An installation in Washington, DC by Elyn Zimmerman featuring 450,000-pound boulders has been relocated, with the artist reconfiguring and retitling her work for the new site
Collector Mitchell Rales donates $1.9bn to Glenstone, the museum he and his wife co-founded near Washington, DC
With the enormous gift, the foundation that supports Glenstone now has an endowment of $4.6bn, roughly equivalent to that of the Metropolitan Museum