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IDB Strengthens Resilience Among Small, Rural Producers in Mexico With $8 Million Investment Grant
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Inter-American Development Bank issued the following news release:
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IDB Strengthens Resilience Among Small, Rural Producers in Mexico with $8 Million Investment Grant
Small farmers in nine Mexican states will receive new support to improve their resilience against extreme weather with an $8 million investment grant from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
The grant, approved by the IDB's Board of Executive Directors, will expand financing for nature-based agricultural investments that protect soils, water, and ecosystems and enhance resilience at the
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WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Inter-American Development Bank issued the following news release:
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IDB Strengthens Resilience Among Small, Rural Producers in Mexico with $8 Million Investment Grant
Small farmers in nine Mexican states will receive new support to improve their resilience against extreme weather with an $8 million investment grant from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
The grant, approved by the IDB's Board of Executive Directors, will expand financing for nature-based agricultural investments that protect soils, water, and ecosystems and enhance resilience at thefarm level, helping safeguard rural livelihoods and food security.
The IDB grant will support partial credit guarantees through Mexico's Agricultural Trust Funds (FIRA), a public financing mechanism created by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit and managed by the Central Bank of Mexico. These guarantees will work by sharing financial risks among participating financial institutions, making it easier for them to finance projects that might otherwise be seen as too risky.
The project is expected to mobilize an estimated $30 million in guaranteed loans, benefiting approximately 3,000 small farmers in vulnerable regions with high poverty rates. By mitigating portfolio risk for financial intermediaries, the project is expected to incentivize sustained participation of the rural financial system in adaptation lending, leading to improved access, longer loan maturities, and better terms for smallholders.
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About the IDB
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a member of the IDB Group, is devoted to improving lives across Latin America and the Caribbean. Founded in 1959, the Bank works with the region's public sector to design and enable impactful, innovative solutions for sustainable and inclusive development. Leveraging financing, technical expertise, and knowledge, it promotes growth and well-being in 26 countries. Visit our website: https://www.iadb.org/en.
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Original text here: https://www.iadb.org/en/news/idb-strengthens-resilience-among-small-rural-producers-mexico-8-million-investment-grant
First Exhibition to Explore Photography's Relationship With Resource Extraction Opening at the National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release:
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First Exhibition to Explore Photography's Relationship with Resource Extraction Opening at the National Gallery of Art
Beneath the Surface to feature some 150 photographs by 100 artists spanning 185 years of society and industry in the United States
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The National Gallery of Art presents Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography, the first exhibition to exclusively examine the relationship between resource extraction and American photography throughout its history. Spanning nearly 200 years,
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WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release:
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First Exhibition to Explore Photography's Relationship with Resource Extraction Opening at the National Gallery of Art
Beneath the Surface to feature some 150 photographs by 100 artists spanning 185 years of society and industry in the United States
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The National Gallery of Art presents Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography, the first exhibition to exclusively examine the relationship between resource extraction and American photography throughout its history. Spanning nearly 200 years,the exhibition examines how photographers have approached the challenge of capturing the significant but often hidden processes and impacts of the extraction of minerals, coal, and fossil fuels and its associated industries.
Featuring 150 photographs by more than 100 artists, including Richard Avedon, Walker Evans, Lewis Hine, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Dorothea Lange, David Maisel, Gordon Parks, Mitch Epstein, Carleton Watkins, Will Wilson, and more, Beneath the Surface reveals how generations of photographers have utilized evolving technologies and distinctive visual strategies to document the industries that power and shape modern life. Beneath the Surface will be on view at the National Gallery of Art from May 23 to August 23, 2026, before traveling to the Milwaukee Art Museum in Wisconsin and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas.
"As a defining visual medium of our modern age, photography is an essential tool to capture and communicate our shared history," said Kaywin Feldman, director of the National Gallery of Art. "Beneath the Surface bring together a dynamic range of works to shed light on the medium's intersections with a shaping force in American history and industry."
The featured works, many of which are drawn from the National Gallery's significant photography collection, span early daguerreotypes from the time of the California Gold Rush in the mid-1800s to pictures of rapid industrialization in the 20th century and contemporary photographs produced at an immense scale. This expansive selection traces the layered history of extraction and how artists have used photography as a lens through which to communicate the industry's relationship with society and the natural world.
"Photography itself is dependent on precious metals for its very existence, from the light sensitivity of silver in early processes to the copper of contemporary digital-camera batteries. At the same time, it has been the principal visual medium employed to depict extractive industries, evolving alongside the expansion of mining on an industrial scale since the 19th century," said Diane Waggoner, co-curator of the exhibition and curator of photographs at the National Gallery of Art. "Beneath the Surface unites photographs made for a variety of purposes, from explicitly promotional and commercial uses to documentation efforts and socially engaged activism, shedding light on both the rewards and costs of resource extraction."
The exhibition orients visitors with an introductory gallery displaying contemporary work, foregrounding themes relevant to the current moment and providing a critical framework for understanding the six broad, chronological sections that follow. Viewers will encounter works not only by historical photographers recognized for their work in capturing mining, drilling, and industrial subjects, such as Carleton Watkins, Margaret Bourke-White, Marion Post Wolcott, and Bernd and Hilla Becher, but also by less expected practitioners Florence Kemmler, Alma Lavenson, and Mary Morris. The exhibition includes works by contemporary photographers Edward Burtynsky, Binh Danh, Terry Evans, Victoria Sambunaris, and Cara Romero, among others.
"For almost two centuries photographers have played a central role in public understanding of resource extraction, drawing on a succession of technologies and strategies to capture activities that enable modern life but resist portrayal," said Kristen Gaylord, co-curator of the exhibition and Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts at Milwaukee Art Museum. "This exhibition demonstrates how, time and again, photographers have creatively pushed against the medium's boundaries in a quest to impart the enormity of the country's extractive activities and their effects."
Beneath the Surface centers on the challenges artists face in capturing the colossal scale of extraction and its far-reaching impacts on communities and the environment. It also reveals the inventive strategies they have employed to depict this subject. The works on view reflect the full breadth of the medium, spanning landscapes, portraits of workers and panoramas of affected communities, photobooks, aerial imagery, analog and digital collage, camera-less photography, historical processes, narrative and performance work, and pictures that otherwise harness photography to communicate the scope of these industries.
Exhibition Tour
National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 23-August 23, 2026
Milwaukee Art Museum, October 23, 2026-January 18, 2027
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, February 14-May 9, 2027
Exhibition Organization and Support
The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art in collaboration with the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
Major support for the exhibition has been provided by the Center for Contemporary Documentation.
The exhibition is also made possible through the leadership support of the Trellis Charitable Fund.
Additional support for this exhibition was provided by Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman and the Edwin L. Cox Exhibition Fund.
Exhibition Curators
This exhibition is curated by Diane Waggoner, acting head and curator of photographs, National Gallery of Art, and Kristen Gaylord, Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts, Milwaukee Art Museum.
In the Library: Photobooks and American Energy
In conjunction with Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography, the National Gallery of Art Library presents an installation of 25 books and 2 zines examining how photographers use photobooks to document the impact of energy extraction, production, and circulation on the American landscape and its communities.
The books and zines on view illustrate complex narratives about how America is powered today, revealing the visual strategies and design decisions contemporary photographers use to contextualize and share their work. In the library reading room adjacent to the exhibition area, additional photobooks are available for visitors to browse.
Curated by Yuri Long, special collections librarian at the National Gallery, this installation is on view from May 25 through August 21, 2026, in the East Building Library Atrium from 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
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About the National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art welcomes all people to explore art, creativity, and our shared humanity. Millions of people come through its doors each year--with even more online--making it one of the most visited art museums in the world. The National Gallery's renowned collection includes over 160,000 works of art, from the ancient world to today. Admission to the West and East Buildings, Sculpture Garden, special exhibitions, and public programs is always free.
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Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography
National Gallery of Art, Washington, May 23-August 23, 2026
Milwaukee Art Museum, October 23, 2026-January 17, 2027
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, February 14-May 9, 2027
Dependent on precious metals from its inception, photography has always been intertwined with the natural resources that are fundamental to modern industrialized life. Beneath the Surface: Mining and American Photography is the first exhibition to exclusively examine how photographers from the mid-19th century to today have powerfully captured the effects of resource extraction on the land and communities of the United States. Featuring some 150 photographs that span 185 years, this exhibition focuses especially on the subterranean removal of the minerals and fossil fuels that power this country's economy and industry. Together, these works demonstrate how photographers have drawn on changing technology and unique visual strategies to rise to the challenge of picturing these colossal industries.
Made for a variety of purposes, ranging from commercial boosterism and celebration of technical advancement to social documentation and community activism, the pictures in the exhibition shed light on how photography has revealed the costs of extraction and who benefits from its success. Divided into six broad, chronological sections that contextualize the complex history of photography and extraction, from daguerreotypes of the Gold Rush to large-scale, immersive photographs made in the last decade, Beneath the Surface highlights how artists have used photography to explore the relationship between extraction, society, and the environment.
This exhibition is curated by Diane Waggoner, curator of photographs, National Gallery of Art, and Kristen Gaylord, Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts, Milwaukee Art Museum.
The exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Art, in collaboration with the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
Major support for the exhibition has been provided by the Center for Contemporary Documentation.
The exhibition is also made possible through the leadership support of the Trellis Charitable Fund.
Additional support for this exhibition was provided by Nion McEvoy and Leslie Berriman.
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Original text here: https://www.nga.gov/press/first-exhibition-explore-photographys-relationship-resource-extraction-opening-national-gallery-art
Trump Administration Announces Latest Action to Address Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) System Complaints, Saves American Farmers and Truckers Over $13 Billion Annually
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release:
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Trump Administration Announces Latest Action to Address Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) System Complaints, Saves American Farmers and Truckers Over $13 Billion Annually
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EPA Removes DEF Sensor Requirements Saving Americans Billions Annually and Countless Hours of Lost Time and Productivity
WASHINGTON - Today, at the White House Great American Agriculture Celebration, President Trump announced another decisive action U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has taken
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WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release:
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Trump Administration Announces Latest Action to Address Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) System Complaints, Saves American Farmers and Truckers Over $13 Billion Annually
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EPA Removes DEF Sensor Requirements Saving Americans Billions Annually and Countless Hours of Lost Time and Productivity
WASHINGTON - Today, at the White House Great American Agriculture Celebration, President Trump announced another decisive action U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has takent o address nationwide concerns from farmers, truckers, motor coach operators, and other diesel equipment operators regarding Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) system failures by removing the DEF sensor requirement for all diesel equipment. EPA understands that sudden speed losses and shutdowns caused by DEF system failures that compromise safety and productivity are unacceptable and problematic. While EPA continues to pursue all legal avenues to address Americans' complaints, today the agency is implementing another part of Administrator Zeldin's plan to help keep American operators from losing days in the field or on the road because of faulty DEF systems. EPA's new guidance, which removes DEF sensors, will provide immediate relief and save billions of dollars in repairs and lost productivity. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), this guidance w ill save farmers $4.4 billion a year and this action will provide $13.79 billion a year of savings to Americans.
On February 3, 2026, EPA demanded critical data on DEF system failures from the manufacturers that account for over 80 percent of all products used in DEF systems. This information will arm EPA with what it needs to permanently address DEF system failures. Thus far, the agency has received data from 11 of the 14 manufacturers, and in less than a month, EPA has turned around preliminary findings to issue today's guidance demonstrating Administrator Zeldin's commitment to fixing this issue.
"Failing DEF systems are not an east coast or west coast or heartland issue; it is a nationwide disaster. I have heard from truck drivers, farmers, and many others complaining about DEF and pleading for a fix in all 50 states I visited during my first year as EPA Administrator," said EPA Administrator Zeldin. "Americans are justified in being fed up with failing DEF system issues. EPA understands this is a massive issue and has been doing everything in our statutory power to address this. Today, we take another step in furthering our work by removing DEF sensors. Farmers and truckers should not be losing billions of dollars because of repair costs or days lost on the job."
"Few small businesses have been hit harder by the Green New Scam than those who make up America's great agriculture industry, where massive regulatory burdens have crushed family farms and driven up grocery costs," said SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler. "Today, by eliminating DEF mandates, the Trump Administration is taking yet another step to free up hardworking Americans to focus on the vital work of feeding, clothing, building, and fueling our nation. I applaud Administrator Zeldin for his leadership on this issue, and I look forward to our continued collaboration to cut red tape for small businesses across the U.S. food supply chain."
The preliminary review of the warranty data suggests that DEF sensor failures are a significant source of warranty claims and DEF-related inducement. Farmers and truck drivers should not have their vehicles stop working because a sensor isn't working properly. EPA is taking immediate action on this new information. The agency's new guidance makes clear that under existing regulations, manufacturers can stop inaccurate DEF system failures by removing traditional emission sensors, known as Urea Quality Sensors, and switching to nitrous oxide (NO x ) sensors.
EPA also affirms that approved NO x sensor-based software updates can be installed on existing engines without being treated as illegal tampering under the Clean Air Act. This is in line with EPA's February 2026 Right to Repair clarification guidance, which removed a major barrier keeping farmers from fixing their faulty DEF systems in the field. EPA anticipates the switch will greatly curb errors that traditional sensor technologies have been prone to and reduce the issues Americans face with inaccurate DEF failures.
Since the start of the Trump administration, EPA has prioritized the farming community by advancing commonsense policies and issuing clear guidance to improve operational reliability. In August 2025, EPA issued new, clear guidance calling on engine and equipment manufacturers to revise DEF system software in existing vehicles and equipment to massively reverse deratements that harm farmers and truckers. In response to this guidance, manufacturers have started making this new and improved software available to Americans in some existing vehicles and will be extending the improvements to owners of older equipment. In the near future, EPA will also be issuing a new deregulatory proposal that will completely remove all DEF deratements for new vehicles and engines. With these changes, sudden speed losses, which compromise safety and productivity, will be an issue of the past.
Additionally, EPA will continue reviewing data collected from manufacturers and use this information to identify opportunities to improve the emission systems for the American people beyond the actions taken to date. Given the breadth of EPA's data request, some of the largest manufacturers required additional time to compile and submit their data. EPA will give the public a complete assessment of the data collected once all data is received.
Today's announcement does not weaken or remove emissions standards. Instead, it ensures that those standards are met in a way that actually works in the real world. EPA remains committed to protecting human health and the environment while ensuring that the Americans who feed, clothe, and power our economy are not burdened by unnecessary system failures.
For more information, please see EPA's Diesel Exhaust Fluid.
Background
Since 2010, most on-road diesel trucks and many types of nonroad equipment (such as tractors and construction machinery) have used selective catalytic reduction systems that inject DEF into exhaust streams to reduce NO x emissions.
Prior to EPA's August 2025 guidance, when DEF ran out or there was an unexpected mechanical failure, systems forced a vehicle to drastically reduce speed or become inoperable. In many cases, vehicles were limited to as little as five miles per hour within hours of a DEF-related fault. This caused needless frustration, operational delays, and real economic hardship for operators. Under the Trump EPA's August 2025 guidance, major changes were undertaken. Heavy-duty trucks should now only receive a warning light for 650 miles or 10 hours after a fault is detected. Following that time, the engine will only mildly derate, allowing trucks to operate normally and without speed limits for up to 4,200 miles or two work weeks. Only after about four work weeks does the speed drop to 25 mph until repairs are made. Nonroad equipment has no impact for the first 36 hours before a slight torque reduction then takes effect.
In addition to EPA's August 2025 guidance, EPA announced sweeping changes so that starting with MY 2027, all new diesel on-road trucks must be engineered to avoid sudden and severe power loss after running out of DEF.
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Original text here: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/trump-administration-announces-latest-action-address-diesel-exhaust-fluid-def-system
NASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America's National Space Policy
PASADENA, California, March 27 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news on March 26, 2026:
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NASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America's National Space Policy
JPL will help support several of the agency's initiatives to advance the nation's leadership in space.
As part of its "Ignition" event on Tuesday, March 24, NASA announced a series of transformative agencywide initiatives designed to achieve President Donald J. Trump's National Space Policy and advance American leadership in space. These actions reflect the urgency of the moment, but also the tremendous
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PASADENA, California, March 27 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news on March 26, 2026:
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NASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America's National Space Policy
JPL will help support several of the agency's initiatives to advance the nation's leadership in space.
As part of its "Ignition" event on Tuesday, March 24, NASA announced a series of transformative agencywide initiatives designed to achieve President Donald J. Trump's National Space Policy and advance American leadership in space. These actions reflect the urgency of the moment, but also the tremendousopportunity ahead for world-changing science and discovery.
In addition to going back to the Moon, the initiatives focus on building a Moon Base, ensuring American presence in low Earth orbit, advancing world-changing discovery with current and developing science missions, and bringing nuclear power and propulsion from the lab to space. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will play a role supporting several of these initiatives.
Learn more at NASA.gov. (https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-unveils-initiatives-to-achieve-americas-national-space-policy/)
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Original text here: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-unveils-initiatives-to-achieve-americas-national-space-policy/
Hirshhorn Announces Major Acquisitions for Newly Revitalized Hiroshi Sugimoto-Redesigned Sculpture Garden
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Smithsonian Institution Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden issued the following news release:
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Hirshhorn Announces Major Acquisitions for Newly Revitalized Hiroshi Sugimoto-Redesigned Sculpture Garden
Recent Acquisitions Include Artworks by Leading Artists Mark Grotjahn, Raven Halfmoon, Lauren Halsey, Izumi Kato, Liz Larner, Woody De Othello, Chatchai Puipia and Pedro Reyes
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The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has announced the first acquisitions for artist and architect Hiroshi Sugimoto's reimagined Sculpture Garden ahead of its much-anticipated
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WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Smithsonian Institution Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden issued the following news release:
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Hirshhorn Announces Major Acquisitions for Newly Revitalized Hiroshi Sugimoto-Redesigned Sculpture Garden
Recent Acquisitions Include Artworks by Leading Artists Mark Grotjahn, Raven Halfmoon, Lauren Halsey, Izumi Kato, Liz Larner, Woody De Othello, Chatchai Puipia and Pedro Reyes
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The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has announced the first acquisitions for artist and architect Hiroshi Sugimoto's reimagined Sculpture Garden ahead of its much-anticipatedreopening in October 2026. Acquired through gift or purchase, the additions to the enhanced outdoor galleries include sculptures by eight renowned artists: Mark Grotjahn, Raven Halfmoon, Lauren Halsey, Izumi Kato, Liz Larner, Woody De Othello, Chatchai Puipia and Pedro Reyes.
The collection's new works, situated across various outdoor galleries in the reimagined Garden and on the Plaza, introduce these visionary names to the National Mall, giving the public increased visibility to the transformative art forms currently shaping the ever-evolving contemporary art scene. Each of the large-scale installations has been acquired specifically for the project, and together they represent a range of artistic practices and reinforce the institution's commitment to elevating access to groundbreaking art of today.
"As we near the completion of the Sculpture Garden's renovation, we are pleased to share the first details of eight acquisitions that will soon be placed on display," said Hirshhorn Director Melissa Chiu. "This revitalization was envisioned to showcase art of the 21st century while honoring the Modernist icons already at the heart of our collection. These first additions demonstrate how the Garden will serve as a vibrant stage for contemporary voices on our National Mall for years to come."
Further details on the recently announced artworks:
* Mark Grotjahn began creating his "masks" using discarded cardboxes, forming slapstick faces from the boxes' existing designs. In "Untitled (Top and Exterior Gates, DeWalt Mask M33.e," a gift of the artist in honor of the Hirshhorn's 50th anniversary, he casts the mask in bronze, emphasizing the contradictions of shape, form and material.
* A citizen of the Caddo Nation (Oklahoma), Raven Halfmoon draws on ancestral tradition and 21st-century Native life. Her carved stone figure, "Dancing at Dusk" (2024) features vertically stacked faces and a headpiece that references the ornamental regalia worn by female Caddo dancers.
* Lauren Halsey's "keepers of the krown (antoinette grace halsey)" (2024) is a monumental column wrapped in impressions drawn from signs and advertisements collected in the artist'shometown of South Central Los Angeles. Crowned with a portrait of Halsey's grandmother rather than a Classical deity, the work reframes the question of whose histories can be monumentalized, elevating neighborhood memory and everyday cultural archives within a civic landscape.
* Izumi Kato's "Untitled" (2026) began with stones the artist sourced from a quarry in Japan that he later cast in aluminum and painted to resemble an otherworldly figure. Raised between the Japanese seaside and mountains, Kato draws on storytelling traditions in which natural elements are believed to hold spirits.
* Liz Larner's "6" (2010-2011) continues her widely recognized exploration of the "X" motif and its ambiguous form. Two multicolored rectangular cuboids--one smooth and one crumpled--intertwine to create an equation, with the symbol, forms and colors corresponding to the work's title.
* Known for his sculptures of household objects, Woody De Othello's new work "Cool Composition" (2026) is a large-scale crumbling box fan. The work, both intimate and playful, asks questions about air circulation and air quality while also drawing upon memories of De Othello's family life in Miami, when the fan would be a gathering space to escape the heat.
* Chatchai Puipia's "Wish You Were Here" (2008), a gift of Aey Phanachet and Roger Evans in honor of Hirshhorn's 50th anniversary, is a monumental bronze sculpture depicting the artist's lower body wrapped in a traditional Thai pha khao ma cloth, reclining as if dreaming in the grass. The work reflects on tensions between rapid modernization and enduring cultural traditions--an interplay that resonates against the formal civic landscape of the National Mall.
* Pedro Reyes creates stone sculptures that bridge contemporary art with pre-Columbian and Modernist Mexican traditions. "Tonatiuh" (2023), named after a Mexican sun deity, is carved from volcanic stone from the hills of the Popocatepetl volcano. A circular central carving contrasts with the stone's natural irregular edges, and evokes the shifting qualities of sunlight.
Sugimoto's redesign project for the Sculpture Garden, which broke ground in November 2022, carefully considers Gordon Bunshaft's original design while providing necessary infrastructure improvements and creating a space adaptable to the needs of today's artists and visitors. Once complete, the project will mark the most significant transformation of the Hirshhorn since it opened in 1974. The changes are expected to significantly enhance visitors' experience by broadening the entrance on the National Mall and providing ground-level visibility, which is anticipated to bring in three times the annual number of visitors who have previously enjoyed the Garden; doubling the number of entrance and exit ramps to offer easier accessibility; significantly increasing areas of shade; and adding more than three times the previous seating for elevated comfort.
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About the Hirshhorn
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is the national museum of modern and contemporary art and a leading voice for 21st-century art and culture. Part of the Smithsonian, the Hirshhorn is located prominently on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Its holdings encompass one of the most important collections of postwar American and European art in the world. The Hirshhorn presents diverse exhibitions and offers an array of public programs on the art of our time--free to all. The Hirshhorn Museum is open Mondays noon-5:30 p.m. and Tuesdays-Sundays 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. (closed Dec. 25). For more information, visit hirshhorn.si.edu. Follow the museum on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
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Original text here: https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/hirshhorn-announces-major-acquisitions-newly-revitalized-hiroshi-sugimoto
EXIM Chairman John Jovanovic Advances American Energy and Supply Chain Security at CERAWeek
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release:
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EXIM Chairman John Jovanovic Advances American Energy and Supply Chain Security at CERAWeek
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HOUSTON, T.X. - The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) President and Chairman John Jovanovic this week participated in CERAWeek by S&P Global, a leading international conference convening government, industry, and finance leaders to discuss the future of global energy markets, supply chains, and industrial growth.
During the conference, Chairman Jovanovic met with senior executives from
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WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release:
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EXIM Chairman John Jovanovic Advances American Energy and Supply Chain Security at CERAWeek
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HOUSTON, T.X. - The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) President and Chairman John Jovanovic this week participated in CERAWeek by S&P Global, a leading international conference convening government, industry, and finance leaders to discuss the future of global energy markets, supply chains, and industrial growth.
During the conference, Chairman Jovanovic met with senior executives fromcompanies across liquefied natural gas (LNG), critical minerals, power generation, advanced manufacturing, and energy infrastructure. Discussions focused on how EXIM can deploy its financing and risk-mitigation tools to support U.S. exporters while strengthening energy security for key allies and partners.
On Wednesday, Chairman Jovanovic shared his insights during a CERAWeek plenary panel titled "The Copper Conundrum: How to Meet Growing Demand." The discussion examined copper's essential role in powering next-generation energy systems, advanced manufacturing, and emerging technologies, as well as the supply-chain and investment challenges facing global copper markets.
Chairman Jovanovic's participation at CERAWeek underscored EXIM's commitment to advancing U.S. competitiveness by backing American industry, strengthening secure energy and critical-minerals supply chains, and ensuring U.S. companies have the tools they need to compete and win in strategic global markets that are vital to U.S. economic and national security.
ABOUT EXIM:
As the United States government's official export credit agency, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) is a frontline economic tool to revitalize American industry, strengthen our supply chains, and ensure American workers and exporters can compete around the world. To achieve this mission, EXIM offers financing including export credit insurance, working capital guarantees, loan guarantees, and direct loans. Learn more at www.exim.gov.
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Original text here: https://www.exim.gov/news/exim-chairman-john-jovanovic-advances-american-energy-and-supply-chain-security-ceraweek
EPA Announces $610 Million Loan to Provide a Reliable Source of Drinking Water to Northeastern Illinois Communities
WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release:
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EPA Announces $610 Million Loan to Provide a Reliable Source of Drinking Water to Northeastern Illinois Communities
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $610 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the Grand Prairie Water Commission, which serves six communities in northeastern Illinois. This loan will transition almost 300,000 residents to Lake Michigan-a more reliable source of drinking water-from a declining groundwater aquifer.
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WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release:
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EPA Announces $610 Million Loan to Provide a Reliable Source of Drinking Water to Northeastern Illinois Communities
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $610 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan to the Grand Prairie Water Commission, which serves six communities in northeastern Illinois. This loan will transition almost 300,000 residents to Lake Michigan-a more reliable source of drinking water-from a declining groundwater aquifer.
"No American should worry about the reliability of their drinking water," said EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Jess Kramer. "We are pleased that Grand Prairie Water Commission will use this investment to ensure its water customers have a stable and reliable source of drinking water for current and future generations."
The Grand Prairie Water Commission is made up of six member communities including the Cities of Crest Hill and Joliet and the Villages of Channahon, Minooka, Shorewood, and Romeoville. The Water Commission member communities currently rely on a declining groundwater aquifer as their primary source of drinking water. EPA's WIFIA financing will support the Commission's Alternative Water Source Program. With this loan, the commission will construct a 62-mile regional water transmission network and upgrade other water infrastructure and systems. This project will enable these communities to transition from their primary source, a declining groundwater aquifer, to Lake Michigan's reliable, high-quality source water. Establishing this alternative water source will ensure the commission can meet the drinking water needs of current and future customers.
"We thank the USEPA for making this critical funding assistance available and helping to keep the program affordable for our member communities," said Shorewood Mayor CC DeBold, GPWC Board of Commissioners Chair. "Fueled by this investment, we look forward to continuing our progress toward delivery of a new, reliable water source by 2030."
EPA's WIFIA program will provide the commission flexibility through the ability to customize repayment schedules and defer principal payments for several years after substantial completion of construction, saving the commission nearly $300 million over the life of the loan.
EPA's WIFIA program provides a powerful financial tool that can significantly accelerate investments in water infrastructure to protect human health and the environment while saving communities millions of dollars. Since issuing its first loan in 2018, EPA's WIFIA program has announced $23 billion in financing water infrastructure projects that are strengthening drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure while creating over 168,000 jobs. Through its flexible financing features and competitive interest rates, WIFIA helps communities save money, and accelerate water infrastructure investments.
WIFIA funding is available to support additional water infrastructure projects, including up to $6.5 billion available to water systems and another $550 million available to State infrastructure financing authorities. EPA is currently accepting letters of interest.
Learn more about EPA's WIFIA program and water infrastructure investments, including how to submit a letter of interest.
Background
Established by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014, the WIFIA program is a federal loan program administered by EPA. The WIFIA program aims to accelerate investment in the nation's water infrastructure by providing long-term, low-cost supplemental credit assistance for regionally and nationally significant projects. The WIFIA program has an active pipeline of pending applications for projects that will result in billions of dollars in water infrastructure investment and thousands of jobs.
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Original text here: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-610-million-loan-provide-reliable-source-drinking-water-northeastern
