This art exhibition is ‘divisive’ or ‘eye-opening’ — it depends who you ask

Written on 04/03/2025
NPR

John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres,<em> Jamese Jefferson and Gloria Bollock</em>, 1992, acrylic on Hydrocal plaster life cast

A new White House executive order says the exhibition is an example of how the Smithsonian portrays “American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”

(Image credit: Anacostia Community Museum)