The president, who recently had himself installed as the center’s chairman, has called a meeting of its board to approve changes that would give him more input in the process.

Vice President JD Vance was greeted with a loud round of boos when attendees spotted him at a performance of Stavinsky's Petrushka at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Thursday night (March 13).

Canadian and American artists and human rights advocates are decrying changes made by U.S. President Donald Trump at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. One human rights lawyer warns that attempts to "capture culture" are typical of authoritarian governments.