Sherald said she backed out amid discussions of removing a painting that shows a transgender woman dressed as the Statue of ...

Renowned artist Amy Sherald pulled her September show, “American Sublime,” at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in ...

The artist said that she made the decision after she said she learned that her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty ...

A new bill would outlaw the Smithsonian Institution from peddling wokeness and “divisive narratives,” codifying an executive ...

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Chronology of Smithsonian History Notes "The Torch" gives the date publication as March, but the actual issue was dated April-May, and contained a special message from President Reagan about the ...