The Trump–Epstein “Friendship Statue,” installed on Washington’s National Mall, was secretly removed overnight despite having official permission.
Donald Trump has begun exerting political pressure on one of America’s leading cultural institutions, the Smithsonian; themes of history and inequality in the museums are being targeted by the administration.
As Trump’s art policies spark debates over cultural institutions in the U.S., a major backlash has emerged from the artistic community. More than 400 artists have signed an open letter to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), demanding that Trump retract