DOGE Visits National Gallery of Art to Discuss Museum's Legal Status [View all]

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Representatives from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency met with leadership at the National Gallery of Art on Thursday, according to an email from the director to staff of the fine arts museum.

National Gallery Director Kaywin Feldman and Secretary and General Counsel Luis Baquedano discussed the museum’s legal status with DOGE representatives, per the email seen by Bloomberg CityLab.

The meeting is the latest step by the unofficial cost-cutting arm of the Trump administration to reach beyond traditional federal agencies within the executive branch.

The National Gallery is a public-private partnership that receives funding from Congress for its day-to-day operations but draws the bulk of its support for acquisitions and growth from a private trust. The museum is not part of any branch of government and is overseen by a board of trustees, although that board has historically included government officials, among them current trustee Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-18/washington-dc-national-gallery-of-art-gets-a-visit-from-doge

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The following works of art will now be the property of Elon Musk (this is satirical):

Leonardo da Vinci's Ginerva de' Benci

Rembrant's Portraits of Maerten Soolmans and Oopjen Coppit

Claude Monet's Woman with a Parasol

Jan van Eyck's The Annunciation

Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne

I hate these motherfuckers so much!!