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Trump Wants Smithsonian to Create a Different Official Portrait
New York Times 13 Feb 2026
The painted portrait from President Trump’s first term was completed more than four years ago, but never unveiled. Now he wants the National Portrait Gallery to commission a new one ... .
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‘History is being erased’: Artist Nick Cave brings his ancient mammoths to the Smithsonian
CNN 13 Feb 2026
His herd of creatures are just one component of a monumental show at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), titled “Mammoth,” where they appear as sculptures and in a video, filmed along Lake Michigan.
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Trump demands new presidential portrait despite old one remaining secret
Alternet 13 Feb 2026
President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian to create a new presidential portrait of himself, even though his old portrait has not yet been revealed to the public ... A Smithsonian employee anonymously ...
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DC’s new baby elephant has a name
Wtop 13 Feb 2026
2, 2026 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. (Courtesy Roshan Patel, Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute). The vote is in, and the Smithsonian National Zoo’s new baby Asian elephant has a name.
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Chicago’s Nick Cave is digging up America’s bones at a fraught moment for the Smithsonian
Chicago Sun-Times 12 Feb 2026
The mammalian puppets are in fact the stars of Cave’s new film installation, “Roam,” one of several works the artist has created for his eponymous exhibition “Mammoth” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.
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AM250/CO150: White River Museum to host Smithsonian Exhibition exploring prevalence of Indian images, words and ...
HT 11 Feb 2026
Special to the HT MEEKER | The White River Museum will host the Smithsonian traveling exhibition ...
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Pleasanton Express
11 Feb 2026
The Smithsonian, Part 2
Martin Gonzales. Last week I left with a brief description of my visit to the Smithsonian Museum of American History while I was in Washington, DC ... That was disappointing. I’ll go back to the Smithsonian, because this has become a favorite memory ... ....
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Amid growing calls for restitution, why the Smithsonian will return three bronzes to India
Indian Express 11 Feb 2026
The three bronzes, which have been part of the ...
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The Artist Nick Cave Couches His Critique in Dazzle
New York Times 10 Feb 2026
For “Mammoth,” a new show at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, he takes up contentious issues of race and climate change in beads, sequins and Lite-Brite colors ... .
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White House suggests Smithsonian add a Trump display
Straits Times 07 Feb 2026
It said it often receives Trump artwork that could make for a display in the museum ....
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A Collector’s Guide to Non-Cash Museum Donations
New York Observer 07 Feb 2026
Sign Up For Our Daily Newsletter. Sign Up ... The Giving Block, a crypto fundraising platform, works with close to 30 museums and cultural institutions across the U.S., including the Smithsonian Institution and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art ... .
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival Gives Way to Trump’s Patriotic Fair
New York Times 06 Feb 2026
The summer festival, held annually since 1967, will not take place as usual on the National Mall, which will instead host the president’s Great American State Fair ... .
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