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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.
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 ...
Amy Sherald withdrew “American Sublime” from the National Portrait Gallery, saying the Smithsonian proposed replacing her ...
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, ...
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.
Kim Sajet, director of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., will depart her post following a social media post by President Donald Trump in which he said he had fired her.
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.
The director of the National Portrait Gallery has resigned from her post, according to a memo sent to Smithsonian employees and obtained by CNN. Kim Sajet’s departure from the gallery ...