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Trump’s White House Ballroom Proposal Faces Preservation Concerns Ahead of Federal Vote
A federal planning commission is set to vote Thursday on President Donald Trump’s proposal to build a massive ballroom at the White House, a plan critics say would dramatically alter the scale and historic layout of the presidential residence. The National Capital Planning Commission will consider the proposal for a roughly 90,000-square-foot addition to the read more
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Wilbe opens White City lab in London to remove infrastructure bottlenecks for science startups
Wilbe, the venture fund and platform that trains and backs scientists to build companies from day one, today announces the launch of its first dedicated lab facility in White City, London. To date, Wilbe has trained more than 1,400 scientists, backed 22 companies, and helped create over $1.3 billion in value worldwide. However, through its read more
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Painter Emmi Whitehorse, Known for Her Abstract Landscapes of the Indigenous Southwest, Joins White Cube
White Cube will now represent Emmi Whitehorse, alongside New York–based Garth Greenan Gallery, which has exhibited her work since 2022. Related Articles White Cube will feature Whitehorse’s 2025 painting Father Sky meets Mother Earth in its booth at Art Basel Hong Kong later this month. The representation comes after she had a solo exhibition at read more
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A Rare White Whale Sighting Tops the 2026 World Nature Photography Awards
Among humpback whales, which can grow upwards of 60 feet long and weigh up to 40 tons, instances of albinism are exceedingly rare. But when these otherworldly all-white mammals appear—such as the beloved Migaloo that was first spotted in 1991 off Australia’s east coast—they inspire wonder. Marine photographer Jono Allen captured a unique shot of read more
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Commission of Fine Arts Approves Trump’s Proposed White House Ballroom
On Thursday, President Donald Trump came one step closer to building his $400 million White House ballroom, when an arts commission packed with allies approved designs for the project. Instead of holding a preliminary vote, the Commission of Fine Arts bypassed the usual review process and gave its final approval of the proposal; this means read more
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Black & White, Ceramic, And Totally Personal: The sculptures of Katherine Morling – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Other artworks, though undoubtedly originating in autobiography, point toward more universal themes. Undercurrent, for example, depicts two rotary telephones arranged so that each acts as the base of the other. One of the telephones appears normal, ready to use, while the other has keys exploding out of the dial and letters, similarly, blasting upward from read more
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How White Elites Drained Ancient Art of Its Color
In the autumn of 2022, Max and I walked up the iconic steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City to visit Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color. As the young son of a professional classicist, and a burgeoning one himself, my museum partner already knew about the ancient history of painted statues read more
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Remembering Ted Berger, Christopher White, and Hudson Talbott
In Memoriam This week, we honor a devoted patron of the arts, the director of the Ashmolean, and a beloved children’s book illustrator. Ted Berger in 2012 (photo by Lloyd Mulvey, courtesy Joan Mitchell Foundation) In Memoriamis published every Wednesday afternoon and honors those we recently lost in the art world. Ted Berger (1940–2026)Head of read more
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White House Floats Idea of Expanded Trump Display at Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery
In mid-December, on a tour of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Abby Jones, the acting chief of protocol at the State Department, floated the idea that the Smithsonian should create a dedicated gallery featuring multiple images of President Donald Trump, according to the New York Times.This, of course, would be in addition to his official read more
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Amid National Upheaval Over Minneapolis Killings, Photographer Ellen von Unwerth Attends White House ‘Melania’ Screening
On Saturday, the same day that federal Border Patrol agents shot and killed intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in the street in Minneapolis, and as an historic winter storm bore down on a large swath of the United States, the White House staged a screening of Melania, the forthcoming documentary about First Lady Melania Trump. read more
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