The president said he had fired the museum leader — setting up a standoff between the White House and the Smithsonian.

As President Donald Trump tries to fire the director of the National Portrait Gallery, Julian Raven is holding out hope that his work will be recognized more and more.

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As predicted, Donald Trump’s attempt at flexing his might at The Smithsonian is hitting some snarls; plus, Blake takes The Odeon, and more in this week’s column.

Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, stepped down from her role Friday, two weeks after President Donald Trump said on social media that he had fired her. The ...

President Trump fired the National Portrait Gallery director on Friday for being “highly partisan” and a “supporter” of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). “Upon the request and ...

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Jenny Saville’s peers shunned painting in favour of alternative media such as photography, video and installations, the artist stuck to her guns and, unapologetically, worked on canvases as large as ...

According to her biography on the National Portrait Gallery website, Sajet was the first woman to serve as director of the Smithsonian’s art museum in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, per the bio ...

President Trump fired the National Portrait Gallery director on Friday for being “highly partisan” and a “supporter” of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).