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October 5, 2026
Jeff Koons Is Selling $100 Million of His Personal Art Collection
Much of the trove, offered this fall at Christie’s, comes from a buying spree in the late 2000s and includes Dutch Golden Age art and paintings by Picasso and Manet.
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October 5, 2026
Jeff Koons Is Selling $100 Million of His Personal Art Collection
Much of the trove, offered this fall at Christie’s, comes from a buying spree in the late 2000s and includes Dutch Golden Age art and paintings by Picasso and Manet.
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2026
Kehinde Wiley Wants to Buy His Embassy Painting Back From Trump
Administration officials mocked his work, then removed it from the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic, suggesting they would auction it. Wiley offered to buy it back.
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September 8, 2026
Lonnie G. Bunch III, Departing Smithsonian Secretary, Faced ‘Mounting Pressure Campaign’
Under Lonnie G. Bunch III’s leadership, President Trump accused the Smithsonian of liberal, anti-American bias. Supporters say he was dedicated to nonpartisan scholarship.
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September 4, 2026
Ambassador Who Removed Kehinde Wiley Work Described It as a Lesbian Picnic
Trump officials recently removed a painting from the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic without explaining why. An interview by Ambassador Leah Campos shed some light.
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August 24, 2026
Trump Officials Propose Sale of ‘Woke’ Painting by Kehinde Wiley
The State Department recently removed the painting of Dominicans from a U.S. embassy, noting it was by the artist who made Barack Obama’s presidential portrait.
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July 30, 2026
After Claiming ‘Bias’ at Smithsonian, Trump Officials Stage Patriotic Exhibition
Trump officials have promised to “make visual arts great,” with a museum exhibition that includes artwork by several people with personal connections to the planners.
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July 24, 2026
Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum
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.”
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July 24, 2026
The Artist Matthew Taylor Is Helping Trump Reshape Washington
Matthew Taylor, a conceptual artist and political strategist, made influential ads and documentaries produced by Steve Bannon. Now he’s assisting the White House.
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