Kennedy Center dismantles Joel Shapiro’s Blue amid campus reshaping

The Kennedy Center removed Joel Shapiro’s 2019 sculpture 'Blue' from its grounds as part of ongoing campus changes tied to broader Trump-era reshaping efforts; the crane-assisted dismantling took place after Shapiro’s death in 2025, and the piece may be reinstalled elsewhere, with critics like Hands Off the Arts noting the loss of a long-standing campus feature.