Tag: Smithsonian
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Smithsonian Taps Peabody Essex’s Lynda Roscoe Hartigan to Lead American Art Museum, a Target of Trump Administration
The Smithsonian on Tuesday named Lynda Roscoe Hartigan, currently the executive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, as the next Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). She begins September 8. Hartigan succeeds Jane Carpenter-Rock, who has led SAAM on an interim basis since September read more
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Hirshhorn Museum Director Melissa Chiu Leaves for Guggenheim, Another Smithsonian Departure
Melissa Chiu will depart her post as director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., to lead the Guggenheim Museum in New York, making her the latest person to depart a Smithsonian-run museum as the Trump administration continues its crackdown. She will report to Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation director and CEO Mariët read more
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Volunteer Group Documents Smithsonian Wall Text as Trump Administration Presses Cultural Review
A group of historians and volunteers has been documenting wall labels across the Smithsonian Institution as the Trump administration pushes for changes to how American history is presented in federal museums, according to The Washington Post. The effort, organized under the name Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian, began after administration officials called for reviews of read more
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Debbie Harry, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Al Green Appear in New Factory Images Acquired by the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art has added more than 400 rarely seen images of famous figures who passed through Andy Warhol’s Factory, from David Hockney and Debbie Harry, to Georgia O’Keeffe and Paloma Picasso. According to the institution, the images were captured by the artist Ronald “Ronnie” Cutrone as stereoscopic slides, pairing two photographs read more
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What the Smithsonian Won’t Say About Grandma Moses
WASHINGTON, DC —The 2025 government shutdown delayed the opening of Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work at the Smithsonian American Art Museum by about a month. While the curatorial team can’t be faulted for this, it remained fresh on my mind as I considered the powers we are beholden to in the United States. The read more
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Smithsonian Complies With Trump’s Documents Request
News The institution handed over wall texts and other materials as part of the White House’s targeted inquiry into the museum system. Demonstrators protesting against Trump’s executive actions aimed at the Smithsonian institution on May 3, 2025, in Washington, DC (photo by Craig Hudson/Washington Post via Getty Images) Months after the Trump administration promised to read more
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