Comedian Bill Maher will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center, an event happening amid significant institutional upheaval after President Trump installed allies on the board and attempted to close and rename the venue. Maher’s selection is notable given his long, contentious-but-occasionally-cordial relationship with Trump, including a dropped lawsuit and…
CityCenterDC unveiled ‘Urban Living Rooms,’ a public art exhibit by Vietnamese American artist Tung Nguyen featuring 17 suspended conceptual living spaces along Palmer Alley. The installation explores how Americans express identity, memory, and belonging through the domestic spaces they curate. City officials framed it as part of downtown DC’s place-making strategy rooted in culture and…
Norman Rockwell’s four 1940s sketches ‘So You Want to See the President!’ depicting people waiting in the West Wing lobby during WWII are going on public display for the first time. The White House Historical Association paid over $7 million to acquire them after a family ownership dispute led to their auction. Rockwell created the…