How will Trump's executive order affect the Smithsonian?
The Smithsonian Institution, a vast complex of research centers, museums and galleries, is the latest culture target of President Trump's executive orders.
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Federal agency responsible for library and museum funding gets a visit from DOGE
Keith E. Sonderling is the new acting head of The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the main source of federal funding for libraries and museums across the country. President Trump issued an executive order last week saying he aims to close the agency.
The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room
French President Emmanuel Macron laid out an ambitious plan for a "reimagined, restored and expanded" Louvre. An art critic says Macron is aiming for another success after restoration of Notre Dame.
A museum's confession: Why we have looted objects
An exhibition at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum points to a burgeoning trend: museums are engaging the public more openly around efforts to repatriate artifacts looted from other countries.
Jewels stolen during a brazen 2019 heist are back on display in Germany
The Grüne Gewölbe, or Green Vault, in Dresden said this week that the exhibit of historical items is reopening to the public in "almost all its glory" following the bold robbery five years ago.
Wu-Tang Clan's unreleased 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' is now at an Australian museum
The album, which features 31 songs, was previously owned by Martin Shkreli, who served seven years in prison for securities fraud, and had to forfeit it to the U.S. government.
Opinion: Open Wall nights could lead to the next artistic visionary
An art gallery worker lost his job in February after hanging up his own art. NPR's Scott Simon thinks an Open Wall night might be a good way to give artists who are not huge names a chance to shine.
How the art world excludes you and what you can do about it
First of all, can we stop using the word "liminal"? Bianca Bosker spent five years doing in-depth research for Get the Picture — an irreverent book about "strategic snobbery" in the art world.
Walmart heir wants museums to attract more people and donates $40 million to help
Alice Walton's foundation Art Bridges will give grants to dozens of museums around the country.
Roman emperor statue seized from Cleveland Museum of Art in smuggling investigation
The headless statue is believed to depict Marcus Aurelius. The investigation into its origins comes over a decade after Turkey claimed that 21 objects at the museum were linked to an illicit trade.