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A coalition of national and local nonprofit organizations has filed a “friend of the court” (amicus) brief supporting the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s demolition of the White House East Wing and construction of a new ballroom.

AIA joined because the project threatens the architectural and cultural integrity of one of the nation's most significant historic sites. Learn more: https://sbrew.link/lSme0tWr

Our co-signatories ⤵️
American Society of Landscape Architects
Association for Preservation Technology
The Coalition to Protect Americas National Parks
Committee of 100 on the Federal City
The Cultural Landscape Foundation
DC Preservation League
National Mall Coalition
National Preservation Partners Network
Olmsted Network
Society of Architectural Historians

The Smithsonian Institution is once again mentioning the impeachments of President Trump on wall text accompanying his image at the National Portrait Gallery. Read more: https://nyti.ms/3R3SkjE

The merger, to be completed in 2028, will bring the Ronald Lauder-founded Neue Galerie’s exceptional holdings of German and Austrian Modern art into the Met’s encyclopaedic collection

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/05/14/neue-galerie-metropolitan-museum-merger

The Obama Presidential Center, which officially opens on the South Side of Chicago in June, will have a feature rarely — if ever — prominent in past presidential libraries: original works by 30 artists that were commissioned by Barack and Michelle Obama. https://nyti.ms/3R3Anl6

Is Yoko Ono Still Our Most Radical Artist? In the 1960s, she invited an audience to cut off her clothes. As attacks on women’s rights escalate, “Cut Piece” and other decades-old works of feminist art feel more relevant than ever.

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