The controversy over the removal of a four-minute David Wojnarowicz video from the “Hide/Seek” exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery had observers wondering whether the culture wars were back—and whether anything could be done to stop them.

As multiculturalism becomes a catchphrase of the '90s, art institutions are doing a lot of soul searching—about their audiences, their staffs, their exhibitions, and their perspective.

Outdated images of Indians abound in museums and the art market. As the Native American community fights to transcend those stereotypes, museum policy, scholarship, and Indian art itself are changing radically.

Move over, painting chimps. Today's art-making animals are cutting-edge creators who turn up everywhere from the National Zoo to MoMA.

In attempting to avoid controversies over content, a Smithsonian panel might be setting the stage for even more.

Why a Sol LeWitt piece was removed—and then restored—to a show in the National Museum of American Art.