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Trump Reappoints Mary Anne Carter NEA Chair

12/20/2025

Trump Reappoints Mary Anne Carter NEA Chair The US Senate on December 19 confirmed Mary Anne Carter as chair of theNational Endowment for the Arts. Carter occupied the role during the first Trump presidency. During her first term, she expanded …

Метки : искусствополитикатрампмэри энн картеркультурные инициативыамериканская культура

Trump Reappoints Mary Anne Carter, From His First Term, as NEA Chair

12/20/2025

The National Endowment for the Arts has a new chair: Mary Anne Carter, the same political operative who served in the post during Trump’s first term. The Senate voted this morning to confirm her along party lines, by a 53–43 …

Метки : искусствополитиканэйшнл эндовменттрампскандалобщество

Kennedy Center Board Votes to Add ‘Trump’ to Embattled Institution’s Name

12/20/2025

In a move that prompted immediate questions about its legality, the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., voted on Thursday to add President Donald Trump’s name to an institution he …

Метки : трампцентр кеннедизаконностьполемикаискусствополитика

Louvre Director Faces Senate Grilling as Pressure Mounts After Jewel Heist

12/19/2025

Louvre president Laurence des Cars faced an fraught Senate hearing on Wednesday as lawmakers pressed her on years of allegedly neglected security warnings preceding the October theft of $102 million in imperial jewels — an interrogation that has intensified calls …

Метки : луврбезопасностьполитикакражаотставкааудит

‘Victims of Communism’ Memorial in Canada Will Leave Off Names

12/19/2025

A memorial to “Victims of Communism” in Ottawa, Canada, that was slated to be inscribed with the names of so-called victims will focus instead on more general thematic content related to its subject, after a government report prompted the Department …

Метки : канадамемориалжертвы коммунизмаобщественные ценностиполитикаистория.

Trump Says DC Triumphal Arch Project Is His Domestic Policy Chief’s Top Priority

12/16/2025

Amid a steep rise in health-insurance premiums and persistent concerns over affordability, President Donald Trump has clarified the top priority of his domestic policy chief: the construction of a triumphal arch in Washington, D.C. While speaking at a White House …

Метки : политикатрамппамятниксшааркавнутренние дела

What Ties Mamdani to the Louvre? You’re Saying Their Names Wrong

12/04/2025

Those paying attention to New York politics this fall (basically everyone, it seemed) couldn’t help but notice that Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani often saw his name mispronounced, misspelled, and generally mangled. All the same, he went from one percent name recognition …

Метки : нью-йоркполитикалуврмамдани#культурапроизношение

The 25 Defining Art Events of 2025

12/03/2025

2025 was a rough year any way you slice it: an unstable economy, ravaging climate disasters, the return of President Trump to the Oval Office—and all the chaos that entails—and a viciously divided political climate sporadically punctuated by previously unthinkable …

Метки : искусство#культураэкономикасовременное искусствовлияние технологийполитика

Politician Calls for End to Quota System for Grand Egyptian Musem

11/25/2025

Earlier this month, Egyptian Member of Parliament Freddy Elbaiady criticized the Grand Egyptian Museum’s ticketing system, which sets quotas for the total number of tickets sold to foreign tourists and Egyptian nationals separately. Elbaiady’s demand came days after the museum …

Метки : египетмузейискусствобилеты#культураполитика

Trump Cuts and Economic Uncertainty Hit US Museums Hard, Report Finds

11/13/2025

One-third of American museums have lost government grants and contracts since President Donald Trump took office, according to a new survey of museum directors conducted by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). The survey, published Tuesday, is based largely on …

Метки : музеифинансированиеполитикаэкономические проблемыобществоисследование

Border Patrol Poses for Photo Op at Anish Kapoor's 'Cloud Gate'

11/11/2025

British artist Anish Kapoor’s shiny sculpture Cloud Gate (2006), sited in Chicago’s Millennium Park, is one of the world’s most popular works of public art. Often called “the Bean” in reference to its elliptical shape, the 110-ton piece has served …

Метки : искусствополитикачикагоиммиграцияскульптураanish kapoor

Christopher Kulendran Thomas Is Imagining the Ghosts of the Future

10/31/2025

For more than a decade, Christopher Kulendran Thomas has trained his own neural networks, building them from scratch before “AI art” was a widely used term. He feeds images of Sri Lankan painters across generations into his models, then uses …

Метки : искусствоai искусствоживописьколониальная историячеловечностьполитика

Inside Barnett Newman's Failed Run for Mayor of New York

10/28/2025

There are no artists running for mayor of New York City this year, which makes next week’s election no different from most others. The one held in 1933 was an exception, however, because, as a new biography details, one of …

Метки : барнет ньюманискусствобиографиянью-йоркполитикаистория.

Louvre Robbery: The History Behind the Stolen Crown Jewels

10/24/2025

Before the shocking theft of the French Crown Jewels from the Louvre on October 19, most had all but forgotten the ruling women who once wore them during their 19th-century reigns. Even the Louvre’s own website offers little context—under “Object …

Метки : французская коронакражалувримператрицыистория.политика