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Amy Sherald claims the museum was planning to cut a portrait of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from the ...
President Donald Trump fired the National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet for being a “strong supporter” of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
While no single person is to blame, it’s clear that institutional fear—shaped by a broader climate of political hostility ...
National Portrait Gallery loses Amy Sherald exhibition after disagreement over the display of her controversial transgender ...
The artist Amy Sherald has canceled a major exhibition of her work at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing ...
Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, stepped down from her role Friday, two weeks after President Donald Trump said on social media that he had fired her. The ...
Sajet's departure was announced to her colleagues in an email from Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch, who credited the director with reshaping the Portrait Gallery during her 12-year tenure, with ...
Amy Sherald withdrew “American Sublime” from the National Portrait Gallery, saying the Smithsonian proposed replacing her ...
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced in a Truth Social post on May 30 that he fired Kim Sajet from her role as director of Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. “Upon the request ...
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is firing Kim Sajet, the longtime director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, for being "a highly partisan person, and a strong supporter ...
Donald Trump fired the director of the National Portrait Gallery on Friday, claiming she was "highly partisan," as the US president pushes his plan to remake the country's cultural institutions.
President Trump declared the director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery "a highly partisan person, and a strong supporter of DEI" as he announced her firing on Truth Social.