The Smithsonian is challenging the president’s authority to dismiss the leader of the National Portrait Gallery but says it ...

"All personnel decisions are made by and subject to the direction of the Secretary, with oversight by the Board," its ...

By: Dr. Krystal Klingenberg, a curator of music in the division of Culture and the Arts at the Smithsonian’s National Museum ...

The week leading up to June 19 is packed with cultural events and celebrations to honor our newest federal holiday, ...

Oh wait, did I say that wrong? A news story I read about his possibly illegal Friday firing of the director of the ...

More than 100 beautiful, fascinating quilts of widely varied styles made primarily by African American women with Bay Area ...

It is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes to attack arts and ideas, seeking to shut theaters and other “dangerous” places ...

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive was about to launch an exhibition of historic quilts, when federal funding ...

A new exhibition at Fort Point in San Francisco, organised by the non-profit For-Site, features works by 16 artists and a ...

The Boston-based Black art institution is spreading joy by teaching children all about Black art through music and so much ...

Angela Davis, the legendary activist, scholar and author known for her decades of work in racial justice, prison abolition ...