The House tax bill increases taxes on philanthropies. It was news to me that philanthropies pay any taxes at all; I always thought nonprofit status shielded these groups entirely from taxation. That’s not correct. - The New Republic
“Since PBS reaches an estimated 99% of the country’s broadcast viewers, that gives every child free access to high-quality educational content.” When that goes, rich kids in cities won’t be so hurt - but poorer and more rural kids sure will. - Salon
“Congress approved $65 million for these councils in the 2025 fiscal year, which means that DOGE or any other member of the executive branch spending that money on anything else is doing so under an illegal process called ‘impoundment.’” - Oregon ArtsWatch
“He said if ministers go ahead with plans to allow AI firms to use artists' content without paying, they would be ‘committing theft, thievery on a high scale.’” - BBC
"Sir Nicholas Serota, who runs the body that distributes public funds to arts organisations ranging from national institutions to community-based ventures, said it would be a tragedy if people outside big cities were denied access to the arts.” - The Guardian (UK)
“Since he began his second presidential term in January, President Donald Trump has moved quickly to obliterate a relatively stable and successful system for funding the nonprofit arts, humanities and sciences.” - Washington Post (Yahoo)
Among those amendments, buried on page 380 of the draft, is a section that would enable Trump’s secretary of the Treasury to denounce any nonprofit as a “terrorist-supporting organization” and strip it of its tax-exempt status. - The Intercept
“The union, which they’re calling the ‘Kennedy Center United Arts Workers,’ would be in partnership with … the UAW. It would consist of nonsupervisory employees from artistic programming, education, marketing and development departments, along with administrators of the Washington National Opera and the National Symphony Orchestra.” - The Washington Post (MSN)
In an ongoing attempt to erase victims’ stories of Argentina’s dictatorship under Jorge Rafael Videla, President Javier Milei has started closing art spaces. - The Art Newspaper
The $15 million donation from billionaire hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin will support the creation of two new galleries focused on America’s founding principles, the separation of powers, and federalism, said Jeffrey Rosen, National Constitution Center president and CEO. - Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
We are in a cultural moment where critical thinking has become synonymous with cynicism. Our government and larger media have spent decades telling us that the anxiety and desperation and deep loneliness that characterize most of American life doesn’t ultimately matter when the economy is doing great. - Harper's Bazaar
The decision, issued in a case brought by 21 state attorneys general, ruled that Trump’s executive order to close the agency violates the separation of powers doctrine and Administrative Procedures Act and ordered the rehiring of all terminated employees and restoration of all cancelled funding. - Publishers Weekly
Experts, historians, and Indigenous groups argue the item isn’t just surplus inventory but part of the country’s origin story. They are calling for its preservation in Canadian archives. - The Walrus
Some arts suppliers have been preparing to pass the costs of tariffs on to their consumers. Canal Plastics Center, a plastics fabrication company in SoHo, raised their prices by about 10 to 15% last month, a spokesperson for the store said. - Hyperallergic
