It is only 19 words long but a caption attempting to give some context to the character of Mickey Mouse has caused even more trouble for the beleaguered Smithsonian Institute.

Fox News reported Donald Trump's administration was not impressed by a display at the National Museum of American History called Entertainment Nation which included a wall label about the 1928 cartoon that saw Walt Disney's creation make his debut.

It read: "The new character’s outsized facial features, white gloves, and trickster temperament were vestiges of longstanding traditions of blackface minstrelsy."

That prompted Lindsey Halligan, the lawyer tasked by the president to investigate the Smithsonian, to tell US journalists the display was "part of the problem" and that "framing American culture as inherently violent, imperialist, or racist does not reflect the greatness of our nation".

The Smithsonian has come in for regular criticism since the new administration came to power. The director of the National Portrait Gallery, Kim Sajet, was forced to resign in May after the president publicly said he had fired her for her pro-DEI beliefs.

The number of artworks donated to museums in the United States and Canada through Museum Exchange which introduces donors to institutions, according to the Financial Times.

Controversial French artist and curator Jean Marc Bustamante is setting up his own foundation next year in a 12th-century church in Arles.

It will include exhibition space over three floors designed by architect Charles Zana and be run by a board of artists, curators and academics.

Bustamante, who represented France at the Venice Biennale in 2023, was director of France's national arts academy from 2015 to 2018, but his contract was not renewed after allegations of sexual harassment by students against some teachers and he later criticized the French culture ministry for lack of support.

Barcelona's Museum of Forbidden Art has closed its doors after only 18 months after it was hit by union protests in a row over working conditions.

Businessman and journalist Taxto Benet’s collection of around 200 works that had been censored for political, social or religious reasons, will now go on tour internationally to try to find a new audience.

A museum statement said the closure was "painful and undesired" but "unavoidable" because of the financial losses caused by a union protest over the last four months.

Staff walked out in February saying they were dealing with poor working conditions including long hours without breaks and low pay.

Even the most popular visitor attraction in the UK would think twice about closing its doors for a day in the middle of the summer holidays, but that is what London's British Museum is doing tomorrow.

Its website simply says it is closed "for a Museum event" but the French press helpfully inform us it for a "culture" summit being held as part of the state visit to the UK by French President Emmanuel Macron.

What is on the agenda is a mystery but no doubt the French leader's hosts hope he will be too polite to refer to its ongoing negotiations with Greece about the potential return of the Parthenon Marbles.

But maybe he will mention his latest diplomatic triumph - yesterday's vote in the French parliament to approve the return of a historic drum to the Ivory Coast four years after he promised it would be given back.

The drum, which was seized in 1916, had been held in the stores of the Musee du Quai Branly in Paris.

One thing that will be discussed is the announcement the Bayeux Tapestry is set to return to England for the first time in 900 years. The deal was first announced by a previous UK government in 2018 and will be confirmed today.

1 - Tributes have been paid to American painter Lumin Wakoa who has died aged 43 from cancer. Her death comes as her reputation was on the rise with solo shows in Seoul and New York last year.

2 - Photo London is moving to a new location from next year after a decade at Somerset House. The move to Olympia in west London will give the event more room with space for VIP and collectors' areas for the first time.

3 - London's Kew Gardens and its satellite in Sussex, Wakehurst Place, will host the largest ever outdoor exhibition of Henry Moore's sculptures next year. More than 100 works, including 30 major sculptures, will feature in Henry Moore: Monumental Nature from May 9 to September 27.