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The White House plans to conduct a wide-ranging review of the Smithsonian Institution's museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America's 250th anniversary.
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ARTnews on MSNWhite House Targets Specific Artworks at Smithsonian, Including Painting of Refugees and Fauci Portrait
Published on the White House website as an article called "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian," the list included some shows that the President had already decried, in
It's not about whitewashing, it's all about full context, so while slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation's history, you can't really talk about slavery honestly unless you also talk about hope and progress.
Lindsey Halligan, the White House official leading a review of the Smithsonian Institution, argued you "can't really talk about slavery honestly unless you talk about hope and progress" during a Newsmax appearance on Wednesday.