A big, round zilch. That’s the amount that President Trump allocates to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino in his budget.
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June 18, 2025

A big, round zilch. That’s the amount that President Trump allocates to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino in his budget. If he has his way, the burgeoning DC museum would be dissolved along with the Anacostia Community Museum. But there’s some resistance in Congress, as our Staff Writer Isa Farfan reports.

Here in New York, community members brave the rain to celebrate the annual Brooklyn Pride festival. Our reporter Maya Pontone was there, with an umbrella.

Also today: a corrective exhibition looks beyond the “glamorous girl artist” stigma associated with Marisol; Susumu Shingu’s delicate kinetic sculptures come to NYC; and a new book explains how Matisse may have left Morocco, but Morocco never left Matisse.

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Marisol Was Nobody’s It Girl

A retrospective rescues aspects of her career from her long-running reputation as “glamorous girl artist,” including her politics, humor, and sense of self. | Martha Buskirk

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  • Despite less-than-ideal weather, Brooklyn Pride Day kicked off without a hith this past Saturday, June 14, along Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue.

  • The National Museum of the American Latino and the Anacostia Community Museum in Washington, DC, are on the chopping block as the Trump administration targets the Smithsonian Institution.

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Henri Matisse Never Really Left Morocco

Inspired by the colors and textiles around him, the artist’s two trips to Tangier became an impetus for growth and exploration. | Lauren Moya Ford

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A new exhibition at the Japan Society in NYC will center the sculptor’s animated artworks, maquettes, and inspiring sense of gratitude for the miracle of being alive. | Rhea Nayyar

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How Marisol, “the True Trailblazer,” Paved the Way for Andy Warhol

In 1962, Andy Warhol desperately wanted to be like his accomplished new pal, Marisol. | Karen Chernick

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