The Star Wars creator’s museum of “narrative art” in Los Angeles scrambles all the old categories and ideals, to the detriment of the institution.

The changes to our urban design, architecture and everyday life are so profound we can hardly see them.

Pierre Damas Bel stepped into highway traffic after losing his immigration status. Before that, he posed for a picture of his ankle bracelet.

Chief Justice John Roberts cited Winston Churchill in his dissent, addressing a debate about the role of beauty in public life and architecture.

A State Department attempt to sell an innocuous painting by Kehinde Wiley, painter of a famous Obama portrait and a difficult artist to defend, is the loudest of dog whistles.

The centerpiece orchestra announced its season months later than usual, at venues away from its longtime home.

Renovations are welcome. But after two years, the Kennedy Center may end up right back where it started: in a self-imposed quagmire.

A lesser-known semiquincentennial project occupies a central square in the nation’s capital.

Board packed with Trump allies votes to weaken protections for historic sites

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

The administration’s proposal risks harming both the historic building and the system of reviews that protects structures like it.

Numbers don’t capture the toll of our losses. Details do.

A White House report alleges radical bias at the American History museum. But the assembled evidence reveals a large and vibrant institution carrying out its mission.

A White House report alleges radical bias at the American History museum. But the assembled evidence reveals a large and vibrant institution carrying out its mission.

The administration’s signature 250th celebration is strangely short on nostalgia — and long on defense contractors and “Fox & Friends.”

The “Claw” bursting out of the White House grounds is the perfect metaphor for the moment, injecting bloody spectacle into the country’s birthday celebration.

The Kennedy Center saga encapsulates all of the needless destruction of the Trump administration. The center’s troubles may not be over yet.

The National Portrait Gallery's curators have found a way to counter the Trump administration: with facts.

Signs appearing around the capital twist appreciation and patriotism into an authoritarian knot.

His favorite project wouldn’t just transform the White House; it would set in stone his regal conception of the presidency.

Anti-Trump street artists and anonymous collectives are using an old protest technique in Washington: Sending messages into the void.

The agreement governing hundreds of millions in private donations was kept secret until a watchdog group sued and a judge ordered it disclosed.

President Trump wants a triumphal arch to be built in Washington, D.C., on a traffic circle between the entrance to the Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial.

Washington Post architecture critic Philip Kennicott discusses Trump’s physical desecration of Washington DC.

The Apollo missions offered an unprecedented promise of global progress. But Artemis II is fraught by one nation’s threats to obliterate another.

An AI-generated video, with glitches, suggests the president will be raising billions of dollars for a new Trump tower.

A director’s invention in “Tristan und Isolde” is causing controversy at the Metropolitan Opera, the nation’s preeminent but troubled opera house.

President Trump’s garish, piecemeal changes to Washington’s urban design and architecture are poised to destroy symbolism upheld for centuries.

President Trump’s garish, piecemeal changes to Washington’s urban design and architecture are poised to destroy symbolism upheld for centuries.

The design of the commemorative gold coin bearing Trump’s image is perfectly clear in its chilling message.

A new Trump banner outside the Justice Department evokes authoritarian regimes and signals that it is now wholly loyal to the whims of the current president.

The NSO is losing its home — after becoming a world-class orchestra

The winner of the National Portrait Gallery’s prestigious portraiture competition paints a disturbing picture of America.

Even in the best-case scenario, the president’s plan will only strain the performing arts ecosystem required for the center to thrive.

An image like this could once change history. Can one still?

An image like this could once change history. Can one still?

An exhibition of medieval art at the Cloisters is small but potent.

At a time when toppled statues are being remounted, an art critic and an illustrator examine, edit and unpack three controversial memorials.

At a time when toppled statues are being remounted, an art critic and an illustrator examine, edit and unpack three controversial memorials.

The famous architect left a legacy that transcends mere beauty. He made us restless for a better built environment.

The famous architect left a legacy that transcends mere beauty. He made us restless for a better built environment.

A new building connects the museum to a vibrant neighborhood and history.

The administration began with cultural institutions that rely on federal dollars. But it’s bigger than that.