The Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, DC, has cancelled two upcoming exhibitions in response to President Trump's executive order reviewing international organizations. This decision reflects broader cuts to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across federal entities, including the Smithsonian. The curator of one cancelled exhibition, featuring works by artists of the African diaspora, condemned the move as an attack on DEI initiatives. The cancelled shows were set to explore themes of migration, colonialism, and displacement, raising concerns over silencing minority voices in the arts.
This is not a fundraising issue. This is an issue of silencing DEI visual voices ... and discrimination based upon race, caste and class.
The exhibition...would have showcased works dealing with the legacies of migration, colonialism and displacement in African American, Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latino communities.
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