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Elon Musk’s staffers are trying to push into the National Gallery of Art. They recently met with the museum’s director and legal team, to question its legal status and explore ways to assert influence. One of the nation’s most respected art institutions is now in their crosshairs.
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DOGE Meeting With National Gallery of Art Sets Off Alarm Bells

Maya Pontone and Isa Farfan April 21, 2025

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The Elon Musk-led agency met with museum leadership to discuss the organization’s “legal status” as the Trump administration continues its attacks on federal arts funding.


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The Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has set its sights on the National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC, as the White House continues its escalation against federal arts and cultural institutions. In the months since Trump’s inauguration, the president has eviscerated diversity and inclusivity efforts, dismantled national grant funding initiatives for museums, libraries, and arts organizations, terminated dozens of federal workers, and redirected funds to bizarre nationalistic arts endeavors.

Members of DOGE met with museum leaders, including NGA Director Kaywin Feldman and General Counsel Luis Baquedano, last Thursday, April 17, to discuss the institution’s “legal status,” according to an email Feldman sent to staff that was obtained by Bloomberg CityLab.

It is unclear what “legal status” refers to, but the Trump administration has threatened to revoke tax-exempt status from organizations that do not comply with its federal policy agenda. Established by Congress in 1937 as a national museum, the NGA operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in partnership with the government.

The NGA’s meeting with DOGE could be the harbinger of impending layoffs or other cuts, as was the case for the grantmaking agency Institute of Museum and Library Services, which saw sweeping grant terminations and staff dismissals after reports of a “brief meeting between DOGE staff and IMLS leadership.” ......................






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