Helen Stoilas

2 months ago | theartnewspaper.com | Helen Stoilas

The fight over America’s cultural soul has begun. In the few short months since US President Donald Trump took office, swathes of the country’s cultural infrastructure have been dismantled and efforts are being made to reshape what remains as instruments of White House policy. The impact has been swift and shocking to many in the cultural field, raising questions about what the arts will look like under Trump and spurring calls for a co-ordinated resistance.

Mar 28, 2025 | theartnewspaper.com | Kelli Morgan |Benjamin Sutton |Helen Stoilas |Elena Goukassian

In January, US president Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing” , in effect terminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across federal institutions.

Mar 28, 2025 | theartnewspaper.com | Helen Stoilas

In an executive order issued on Thursday night, US President Donald Trump targeted the Smithsonian Institution, vowing to reshape the country’s largest network of museums and cultural sites. The order asserted that federal museums should be “uplifting public monuments that remind Americans of our extraordinary heritage, consistent progress toward becoming a more perfect Union, and unmatched record of advancing liberty, prosperity, and human flourishing”.

Mar 20, 2025 | theartnewspaper.com | Helen Stoilas |Torey Akers |Lee Cheshire |Tom Seymour

For art museums, building bigger is not necessarily better, and offering free admission may actually make the most financial sense. This is according to a new report by Remuseum, an independent research project organised by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. The project aims to help museums think outside the institutional box.

Mar 17, 2025 | theartnewspaper.com | Barbara Reina |Helen Stoilas |Joe Ware

Ohan Breiding: Belly of a Glacier, an experimental film and photographic installation at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass Moca), reflects memories literally frozen in time. In collaboration with the Williams College Museum of Art (WCMA), the exhibition (until 14 December) is an intimate portrait of Switzerland’s Rhône Glacier, which scientists predict will be gone by the year 2050, melting prematurely due to climate change.