‘Unhidden Heroines’ pairs important women in US history with monuments on the National Mall commemorating men of their time

There are more than a dozen documented archaeological and historic sites within one mile of the proposed arch location, according to a new report, and additional undocumented materials may be present

The Washington, DC institution has received a $15m gift from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation, the bulk of which will go to shoring up its finances, infrastructure, staffing, conservation and digital systems

Despite the vocal testimony against the project, the National Capital Planning Commission voted overwhelmingly in favour of the arch

The argument that you can do good from the inside of an institution ravaged by the Trump administration no longer washes

The previously popular bipartisan legislation was undone by Republican additions about “biological women” and allowing Trump to override its location on the National Mall

While the public comments about the proposal were said to be 99.5% unfavourable, the commission signed off on the proposed arch with its golden statuary

In a National Capital Planning Commission meeting, one public commenter compared the project to the ending of ‘Death Becomes Her’

The donation, from the foundation of the collector and NGA trustee Mitchell P. Rales, is the largest programming gift in the gallery’s history

The longtime director of the Smithsonian museum in Washington, DC, will return to the Big Apple after 12 years away

The order by a district court judge for Washington, DC, requires the White House to seek approval from Congress for Donald Trump’s $400m construction project

The Smithsonian’s Modern and contemporary art museum in Washington, DC revealed eight recent acquisitions that will be displayed in the garden when it reopens this autumn

Works by the Catalan master will be shown alongside works by American contemporaries at Washington, DC’s Phillips Collection

The commission’s members also opted to forego a later vote on the final stage of the design despite public comments on the project being “overwhelmingly in opposition—over 99%”

The US president has set his sights on transforming the city of Washington, DC, to fit his grandiose aesthetic

The Brooklyn-based artist Kameron Neal has received the 2025 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition for a video work created using NYPD surveillance footage from the 1960s and 70s

US National Archives documents from the 18th and 19th centuries will tour museums from Kansas City to Seattle

The location, although not yet official, would legally require the project to undergo a rigorous review process and receive congressional approval

President Trump's latest step in his takeover of the revered performing arts venue involved a hasty change of title

A federal judge has rejected attempt by National Trust for Historic Preservation to temporarily halt president’s pet construction project

Areas of the National Gallery of Art and parts of the Smithsonian were open to the public for the first time in more than a month on Friday

The White House plans to install new Commission of Fine Arts members who “are more aligned with President Trump’s ‘America First’ policies”

One group called the sudden demolition “a collective loss” while another expressed concern the $300m ballroom that will replace the East Wing “will overwhelm the White House itself”

The 21 museums, 14 research and education complexes, and one zoo overseen by the Smithsonian closed on Sunday

The Smithsonian’s museums in Washington, DC, and New York City will remain open for now

The organiser of the exhibition cancelled the event following the delivery driver’s death

Amy Sherald, the historian Ibram X. Kendi and others personally attacked in the Trump administration’s list of reasons for why the president “is right about the Smithsonian” hit back

A new anonymous, satirical art piece aimed at the US President has found its way into the White House's orbit

Around 100 workers at the US federal agency were let go on Tuesday, following orders from the Trump administration

The gift, from longtime benefactors Lenore and Bernard Greenberg, includes works on paper by Ed Ruscha, Franz Kline, Susan Rothenberg, Philip Guston and others