Thousands of protesters united at the Kennedy Center Friday to demand the Trump administration take its “hands off” the arts institution.

Patronize theaters, join a protest, and other ways to get involved.

Art can fuel a revolution, but it’s also the fastest ticket out of here: Art lets us escape the trials and tribulations of everyday life.

A board of Trump loyalists keeps dragging out a legal fight over the center’s future.

Artist Michele Banks' ink and watercolor paintings on yupo explore the invisible forces that shape our world.

But the federal government’s threats to institutional independence could undermine these upward trends.

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“​​I leave with pride and sadness,” said the institution’s secretary, pledging to continue fighting to “protect the integrity of the Smithsonian.”

After 54 years, the National Park Service’s Southeast concert series has quietly ended—at least for now, according to an NPS spokesperson.

She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.

The towering artwork was targeted for elimination after President Trump’s takeover of the center last year.

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3101 13th Street, NW Photos by Michael Janis / WGS From an email: "Harriet Tubman Elementary School in Columbia Heights has reopened after its major modernization, and there is a striking new piece of...

The superstar performer supported a DCPL program that has mailed 4 million books to more than 100,000 D.C. children.

"Our fight now is to tell the world that we are full human beings," Mansour told Hyperallergic in 2023. "We are not less than any other people in the world.”

“It actually embarrasses me to be involved in any way,” said one self-aware guardsman stuck in Trump’s authoritarian fever dream.

Turn the Volume Up! at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University highlights the activism of everyday people who have confronted injustice. New York’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, quoting the Bronx rapper ...

Elizabeth Casqueiro Are We There Yet 2026 Oil, oil pastel, graphite, and thread on canvas 48 x 60 in. Photo by Greg Staley Talk: Saturday, August 22 at 1:00 PM   Our featured solo artist, Elizabeth Casquiero, will be joined by Reem Bassous, Director of the Washington Studio School, to discuss her exhibition Counterspace, inspired… Continue reading Hillyer | A Conversation with Elizabeth Casqueiro The post Hillyer | A Conversation with Elizabeth Casqueiro appeared first on East City Art.

"Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise" is the result of an open call for art responding to the current political moment.

The National Parks Service has issued a report warning that Trump's triumphal arch will undermine the character of other monuments in Washington

The U.K. Museums association has republished a statement from the American Alliance of Museums condemning Trump's attacks on the Smithsonian

An executive order from President Donald Trump may be laughable, but it shouldn’t be laughed off.

President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”

The District of Columbia Archives has released its largest digital collection of historic photos