National portrait gallery and american art museum articles
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Climate activist who allegedly defaced sculpture at National Gallery of Art charged
A climate activist who allegedly smeared paint on a case surrounding 19th century French artist Edgar Degas’ "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" sculpture at Washington, D.C.’s National Gallery of Art was charged. Joanna Smith, 54, of Brooklyn, N.Y., got 60 days of prison time out of a possible maximum sentence of five years for defacing the historic statue, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., said in a release. Judge Amy Berman Jackson also ordered Smith to serve 24 months of supervised...
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The National Holocaust Museum and me: where past meets present
As Jews worldwide gather around the Seder table this week for Passover, recounting the biblical story of the Israelites’ escape from slavery in Egypt, Lauren Comiteau reflects on injustices past and present, adding a second helping of bitter herbs to her own Seder plate. The Dutch National Holocaust Museum opened last month with much pomp and ceremony—and protest—all broadcast live on national television. There was Dutch king Willem-Alexander wearing a yarmulke and talking about how Sobibor...
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Explainer: Wherefore art thou, English nationalism?
And the surprising history of St George's Day, by Lucy Kenningham