Taking Aim at Smithsonian, Trump Wades Into Race and Biology
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Taking Aim at Smithsonian, Trump Wades Into Race and Biology

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When President Trump issued an executive order claiming that the Smithsonian Institution had “come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology,” he singled out a sculpture exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington. The exhibition, called “The Shape of Power:…

What to Know About Trump’s Order Taking Aim at the Smithsonian
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What to Know About Trump’s Order Taking Aim at the Smithsonian

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The president has no direct role in appointing regents. But in the executive order, Mr. Trump called for Mr. Vance to work with the speaker of the House and the Senate majority leader, both Republicans, “to seek the appointment of citizen members to…

Caravaggio, Baroque’s Bad Boy, Gets a Blockbuster Show in Rome
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Caravaggio, Baroque’s Bad Boy, Gets a Blockbuster Show in Rome

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Some 430 years after the Lombard artist Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio, swept into Rome to enchant, and land, well-placed patrons with his bold yet intimate artistry, Caravaggio is again grabbing the spotlight, with a blockbuster exhibition at the National Gallery of…

Three Men Convicted of Playing a Role in Ring That Preyed on U.S. Museums
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Three Men Convicted of Playing a Role in Ring That Preyed on U.S. Museums

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For two decades, a crew from Lackawanna County in Pennsylvania traveled to a dozen small museums across the country, where its ringleader smashed through security systems to strip them of art and precious memorabilia. Their loot included treasured heirlooms from America’s past, including…

Mona Lisa Will Move to Her Own Room at the Louvre
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Mona Lisa Will Move to Her Own Room at the Louvre

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Louvre Museum in Paris will move the Mona Lisa to a newly created exhibition space, President Emmanuel Macron of France announced on Tuesday as he unveiled sweeping plans to renovate the world’s biggest and most visited museum. Speaking in front of La…

Bringing Anne Frank’s Secret Annex to New York, and the World
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Bringing Anne Frank’s Secret Annex to New York, and the World

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The children seem like typical kindergartners: Some beam at the camera; some glance coyly aside; others appear lost in reverie. One slim, dark-haired girl in a pale dress looks precociously serious. She is Anne Frank, and this classroom photograph, taken at a Montessori…

Pacific Palisades Fire Could Test Getty Center’s Efforts to Protect Its Art Collection
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Pacific Palisades Fire Could Test Getty Center’s Efforts to Protect Its Art Collection

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Angelenos woke up Saturday morning to find that the Getty Center, one of Los Angeles’s most renowned art museums, is now squarely in the mandatory evacuation zone as the Palisades fire’s footprint has grown. Perched on a hilltop, the Getty Center is a…

Tattoos of the Statue of Liberty are the focus of this offbeat NYC spot: ‘She’s an ideal’
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Tattoos of the Statue of Liberty are the focus of this offbeat NYC spot: ‘She’s an ideal’

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Give me your tired, your poor — and your tatted masses. The Statue of Liberty has long been a symbol of freedom and the American Dream, but also an irresistible option for a tattoo among a surprising number of ink addicts. “It started off with us wanting something that focused…