They’re in museums, on buzzy art islands, on the sides of buses and — if you spend any time thinking about art — probably living rent-free in your head. Here’s why the artist’s signature squashes keep on sprouting.

Sombr, a rising pop star, sparked a Generation Z civil war on TikTok after music fan Megan Tomasic criticized his October show at the Anthem in Washington.

Texas legislators accused the Smithsonian of potentially violating anti-lobbying laws. The Smithsonian told Congress moving the shuttle would require breaking it apart.

By Thursday, the White House’s East Wing was gone. The speed of destruction, and the projection of power, are part of the strongman playbook.

This week brings a deluge of fall festivals and Halloween events, plus Howard University’s 101st Homecoming.

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First the White House ordered up a costly political exhibition. Then reelection officials told the Smithsonian to wall off a “controversial” voting rights show, a curator later recalled.