US EditionTrump Ousts Head of the National Portrait Gallery
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It is not the first time that the artist Holly Hughes has been confronted with the veiled censorship of funding. The first time was in the 1990s, with George Bush as a new father after Ronald Reagan’s years. The second, now, with Donald Trump’s delirious and shocking return. Both times share a common feature: the cultural convulsion, the clash between reactionary passions, old or renewed, and expressions of newly conquered freedom. At the center…
Trump ousts head of the National Portrait Gallery
President Donald Trump is terminating the head of the National Portrait Gallery, continuing his aggressive moves to reshape the federal government’s cultural institutions. Trump announced Friday on his Truth Social platform that he was ousting Director Kim Sajet, calling her a “ highly partisan person, and a strong supporter of DEI, which is totally inappropriate for her position.” Sajet, a Dutch citizen raised in Australia, was appointed to the…
Trump Ousts DEI-Backer from National Portrait Gallery
President Donald Trump has dismissed Kim Sajet, director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing her support for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as “totally inappropriate” for her role. In a Truth Social post, Trump labeled Sajet a “highly partisan person” and announced her termination, stating a replacement would be named shortly. Sajet, appointed in 2013, was the first woman to lead the gallery. Her tenure foc…
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