Lindsey Halligan, who is in charge of overhauling the museum system, would prefer to focus on the future.

Donald Trump went on a bizarre rant about the museums in Washington, D.C.

Museum workers say Donald Trump’s demands are “maddening.”

The attempts by his administration to control the ways Americans engage with our nation’s history threaten to weaken patriotism, not strengthen it.

Donald Trump’s executive order dismantled the federal agencies supporting libraries, museums, minority businesses, and mediation services.

Donald Trump’s overhaul of the federal government has reached the agency that helps museums and libraries across the country.

DOGE is seizing the Institute of Museum and Library Service.

Spurred by Christian activists and far-right Republicans, police in Texas have seized five Sally Mann photographs from a major museum. What happens next could have major implications for provocative art and First Amendment protections.

From looted artifacts to rogue employees, a series of crises have beset some of the world’s most visited collections.

State Republicans are taking the war on books to the next level.

From the New School to museums and book publishers, we’re witnessing the black-turtleneck-worker uprising.

Activists have been defacing artwork to draw attention to global warming. But what we really need are solutions, displays of mass power, and the public humiliation of all who stand in the way.

Eulogies for the creative class are premature. Art workers can organize—and survive.

The self-appointed guardians of America’s visual heritage are at it again.

Jerry Saltz’s new book markets an instagram-friendly version of creativity.

The Museum of Modern Art has used an expansive renovation to both reintroduce and celebrate itself.

The rich fund museums to launder their reputations. Museums exploit identity politics to distract from the shady money funding them. In the art world, it’s all just business as usual.

How a starchitect’s dramatic design for LACMA was hacked to bits

Can the museum tell a new story about art—and reshape the Gulf's image?

St. Petersburg's Street Art Museum, housed in a working factory, negotiates contemporary art, Stalinist kitsch, and potent dissent.