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Nationwide Portrait Gallery head resigns two weeks after Trump known as for her firing

Editorial Board Published June 13, 2025
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By Lauren Chadwick, CNN

The director of the Nationwide Portrait Gallery has resigned from her submit, in response to a memo despatched to Smithsonian staff and obtained by CNN.

Kim Sajet’s departure from the gallery comes simply two weeks after President Donald Trump known as for her employment to be terminated in a submit on Fact Social, claiming she was “highly partisan” and a supporter of variety, fairness and inclusion initiatives that his administration has labored to finish.

The secretary of the Smithsonian Establishment, Lonnie Bunch, wrote within the memo that Sajet is stepping down on Friday, writing that she had led the gallery “with passion and creativity for 12 years.” The New York Occasions first reported Sajet’s resignation.

“Throughout her tenure, she has reimagined and reshaped the impact and storytelling of portraiture,” Bunch mentioned. Sajet was the primary girl to serve within the position.

The Nationwide Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, is a part of the Smithsonian Establishment, which is the world’s largest museum complicated, together with 21 museums and the Nationwide Zoo.

Earlier this week, the Smithsonian launched an announcement emphasizing its “nonpartisan stature” and saying “all personnel decisions” are made by its secretary.

The establishment added that its Board of Regents “is committed to ensuring that the Smithsonian is a beacon of scholarship free from political or partisan influence.”

Trump has sought to affect cultural and inventive establishments, together with the Smithsonian. In March, he signed an government order placing Vice President JD Vance accountable for stopping authorities spending on “exhibits or programs that degrade shared American values, divide Americans based on race, or promote programs or ideologies inconsistent with Federal law and policy.” Vance serves on the establishment’s board of regents by advantage of his position as vp.

“This was not an easy decision, but I believe it is the right one,” Sajet mentioned in an announcement included in Bunch’s memo, which didn’t point out Trump.

“From the very beginning, my guiding principle has been to put the museum first. Today, I believe that stepping aside is the best way to serve the institution I hold so deeply in my heart,” she added.

Bunch wrote that the undersecretary for museums and tradition, Kevin Gover, will take over as performing director of the gallery.

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