The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will close for roughly two years to allow for extensive renovations, President ...

President Donald Trump on Monday suggested the Kennedy Center’s two-year renovation project could be dramatic — a demolition ...

Artists and unions say President Donald Trump hasn’t shared key details about his proposed two-year Kennedy Center shutdown, as organizations relying on the venue begin searching for alternative ...

Art that is sanctioned by the state without the ability to criticize the state, as Trump wants to see, is no better than ...

Trump said the closure is still totally subject to Board approval." ...

First came the decision in February 2025 (announced via Truth Social, naturally) to fire Kennedy Center 1 president Deborah Rutter, whom he accused of mismanagement of the venue and, worse, allowing ...

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he will close Washington's Kennedy Center for two years from July for construction, amid artist cancellations and boycotts protesting his cultural agenda.