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Trump, edited. this Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery Words on the wall that mentioned the president were quietly removed Donald TrumpHe was twice impeached after new portrait of him displayed in ‘American Presidents’ exhibition new york times the report said. The initial label noted several of Trump’s political achievements, including his appointment of three Supreme Court justices and what it called a “historic comeback in the 2024 election” after losing to Trump. Joe Biden four years ago. It also noted that Trump was impeached twice for abuse of power and inciting insurrection following the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The text adds that he was acquitted by the Senate both times. Mentions of impeachment have reportedly been a sore point for the Trump administration for years. This isn’t the first time Trump has specifically targeted the National Portrait Gallery: He claimed to have fired the gallery last year Kim SagetHe was the director of the gallery at the time and continued to work until he resigned.
Memory painter. Colombian painter loses one of Latin America’s most important artists beatrice gonzalez Passed away last Friday at the age of 93 art news Report. She gained recognition in the 1960s and 1970s for reimagining historical works by artists such as Raphael and other works by old masters, this time in a garish color palette. These works were a comment on the mass reproduction of images, and although some later claimed that she became a Pop artist because of these works, González said she was not part of the movement. Then, in the 1980s, González turned to creating paintings based on images related to the political turmoil in her country. Over the past decade her art has received widespread attention, including The 14th Documenta 2017, and in a travel retrospective, due to traveling to barbican center In London this February.
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this Bayeux Tapestry A rare journey from France to british museum The shipment to London has officially entered the planning stages, with the fragile linens set to be transported in bespoke climate-controlled crates equipped with advanced vibration-damping technology. [The Times of London]
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Escape the suburbs. david bowieChildhood home is London About to go through some serious changes. The modest townhouse at 4 Plaistow Grove has been london heritage trust and will be open to the public next year standard wrote. It was here, in a small bedroom above a former railway workers’ cottage, that Bowie wrote his early songs and began plotting his escape from suburbia. Faithfully restored to its early 1960s appearance, the house will trace the moment when an ordinary student began to become extraordinary.
