Janay Kingsberry

Descendants of Norman Rockwell have accused the Department of Homeland Security of misrepresenting the painter’s beliefs.

First the White House ordered up a costly political exhibition. Then reelection officials told the Smithsonian to wall off a “controversial” voting rights show, a curator later recalled.

The White House appeared to fire all but four members of the National Council on the Humanities, an advisory board to the head of the government’s grantmaking agency.

Guitarist Yasmin Williams, a critic of Trump and the center’s leadership, said local Log Cabin Republicans organized an effort to harass and intimidate her.

The National Endowment for the Humanities granted $10.4 million to Tikvah’s Jewish Civilization Project.

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III told staff in a letter that the institution will set up an internal team to review exhibitions at eight of its museums.

In an interview, former National Portrait Gallery director Kim Sajet spoke about her plans for the Milwaukee Art Museum, the pressures facing arts institutions and why she decided to leave the Smithsonian.

Amy Sherald takes canceled Smithsonian show to Baltimore Museum of Art

The Trump administration has called for changes across the Smithsonian Institution. On Thursday, its head, Lonnie G. Bunch III, joined the president for lunch.

The White House on Thursday released an article outlining Smithsonian exhibitions and materials it considers “woke” or anti-American.

President Donald Trump threatened to unleash his attorneys on the Smithsonian, saying the institution was fixated on “how bad slavery was.”