President Donald Trump fired the National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet for being a “strong supporter” of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

Sajet's departure was announced to her colleagues in an email from Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch, who credited the director with reshaping the Portrait Gallery during her 12-year tenure, with ...

News; Nation; National Portrait Gallery head steps down following Trump attempt to fire her June 13, 2025 Updated Sat., June 14, 2025 at 9:01 p.m. Kim Sajet resigned as director of the National ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced in a Truth Social post on May 30 that he fired Kim Sajet from her role as director of Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. “Upon the request ...

The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., has named Kim Sajet its new director. Ms. Sajet is currently the president and chief executive of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philde… ...

Sajet said the Portrait Gallery has potential to grow online. In Pennsylvania, she launched an effort to digitize more than 65,000 images to present online and built a social media program.

Kim Sajet, director of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., will depart her post following a social media post by President Donald Trump in which he said he had fired her.

Kim Sajet, president and chief executive of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, has been selected as the new director of the National Portrait Gallery, the Smithsonian Institution announced ...

> National Portrait Gallery’s Kim Sajet says COVID-19 era rewiring people’s relationship with culture and art, adds that new art will focus on frontline heroes Trump’s brewing war with ...

A painting of former President Donald Trump will be unveiled when the National Portrait Gallery reopens, but it won’t be the official portrait, which is still in the works. The National Portr… ...

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is firing Kim Sajet, the longtime director of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, for being "a highly partisan person, and a strong supporter ...

Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, stepped down from her role Friday, two weeks after President Donald Trump said on social media that he had fired her. The ...