The Damage Being Done to the Museums in the Nation’s Capital The Damage Being Done to the Museums in the Nation’s Capital
Our art critic visits the Smithsonian American Art Museum to get a closer look at the Trump administration’s attack on DC arts institutions.
Jul 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution
The people have the power.
Jun 19, 2025 / OppArt / India Tresselt
These Dis-United States These Dis-United States
The country and the nation: Fifty writers and artists report on the states of our dis-union.
Jun 10, 2025 / Feature / Various Contributors
Will the Creative Class Go MAGA? Will the Creative Class Go MAGA?
It may be hard to resist the lure of power and patronage.
May 13, 2025 / D.D. Guttenplan
The Wandering Souls of Caspar David Friedrich The Wandering Souls of Caspar David Friedrich
The German artist’s landscape paintings tried to capture the sublimity of a world that has vanished.
May 5, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Quinn Moreland
Trumkmusp Trumkmusp
Double portrait.
Apr 23, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Byram & Warren Linn dba Stewart III
Eggflation Eggflation
Egg prices skyrocketed to more than $12 a dozen in certain regions of the country. Is America great again?
Apr 17, 2025 / OppArt / Martha Lewis
Billionaires Suck Billionaires Suck
Public action, visibility brigade, Route 4, Paramus, New Jersey, January 2025.
Apr 4, 2025 / OppArt / Karen Guancione
Trump Took Over the Kennedy Center, but Silencing the Arts Will Not Be So Easy Trump Took Over the Kennedy Center, but Silencing the Arts Will Not Be So Easy
Our last best hope for sharing, shaping, and wrangling over independent ideas may turn out to be America’s scrappy and disparate arts spaces—if they can hang on financially.
Mar 18, 2025 / Alisa Solomon