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White House Threatens Smithsonian Funds in Sweeping Content Review Kelsey Ables Washington Post “American people will have no patience” for any museum that is “uncomfortable conveying a positive view of American history,” read a letter from Trump aides. f... See more

Skip to content White House threatens Smithsonian funds in sweeping content review President Donald Trump this year set out to purge what he called “improper ideology” from the nation’s most prestigious museum system The Trump administration escalated pre... See more

BALTIMORE — Miles Franklin, 28, stumbled into the opening day of Amy Sherald’s exhibition “American Sublime” largely by accident, after another visitor gave him and his mom tickets, a hot commodity in the packed museum, where the show is sold out through ... See more

Jarett Kobek was a “Kryptos” fan. Not one of the die-hards, working for decades to crack the final passage of the famous encoded sculpture at CIA headquarters — but in a dark period after the death of his father, he gave it a shot. By A coded passage in a... See more

Democracy Dies in Darkness How a polka-dotted pumpkin became the world’s most coveted art installation Yayoi Kusama’s playful sculptures are in museums, on buzzy art islands and — if you spend any time thinking about art — probably living rent-free in you... See more