{"id":763798,"date":"2026-09-08T09:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/763798\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T09:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T09:22:09","slug":"report-claims-billionaire-david-rubenstein-bought-2m-kennedy-center-sculpture-for-national-gallery-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/763798\/","title":{"rendered":"Report claims billionaire David Rubenstein bought $2M Kennedy Center sculpture for National Gallery &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxPWEotOEhPM1ZhaWZxbUZ3VEFTaV9TVThOQVJ1YS1GYXEtZllVV2plSE1nX040bHNUTU9FNXBoLWNNVHhKak5EeC00OTlYczd0MTRjYjlDTjUwMzROUTJIdEp0d3A2OG8xTVFJanN3Y1h6UmRyOFNpQTQtZ2VvWHNTb2lUY2ZhWnBpWGZ3UURUZDd3UGNkcG1TWTZ2WDVoeHNV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Report claims billionaire David Rubenstein bought $2M Kennedy Center sculpture for National Gallery<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxNc1RvQW80TjRQODd2X0pUZGdDQzNra19DNm1ILXI1SUhSd3haNmFtMGpGQU43cklScTBzaEdVQ2dJQzV5a2pGX1RTdTZsdnEydVduOXhqVUhUeVM5anozemJ2N0J2ZmVsb0JrbG05UEpvemhLT0s0QWw5Q2lhQVZMNG5uZ0R3THFvckpGRU54ZEwwaFlVVXdz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ousted Kennedy Center Chairman Buys Dismantled \u2018Blue\u2019 Sculpture<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;nytimes.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxOOGJCTHFzd2tUMFJXaVd0SkRUZkNSR3RqUTNQZ0ZWaEdVTGM4RVI0cTJnLWxTMDJWV3R3anE4UXB4RW5EV2xyNW5xX3JfOWhNNnpPVklsYXFVZk5qWExlQmJXZGd4T2d5YS1IM0psZ0hucGFSVi1rS0oyaWxWTjNNRGtVRWJjc1FNM293VkUzNXFDNTI0Z3FPN2F4djVYVU5jS2VDRS1VZjJBRnMtQUVwemVZbVRSR3Ixa2FYY3Bwcw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kennedy Center chair fired by Trump buys recently torn-down Blue sculpture<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPWGpJeEFNNjhyMDh0S2hhcEZETmNoSl82WVVCOTJvam96R2tOU1BYZC1mWndOcE9laXdXbWpjS1dRdHpQOXJwSjBrVFhNTTR3bGdNQnpacktlb2gycDl2eG4ySWpwYTA3SU9xSmNqS1M1NS1IcHIta2U5NFFpWTlVaDg0ZzJTeXgwbXJNVGxSNHRLdk9PMzV6OXlILTlsa1FfWC00?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kennedy Center removes landmark \u2018Blue\u2019 sculpture from campus<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxPWGk2YXhLMWg5VnFCMmVnamhDTzZHbElHQ2Y2dC1Jd1FEZUJYN20zVHVQQ1NweVpfcERiUzYyWk1PSVpsLVByM1dpNlV6MjBDbC1JazhVM3BYcFJYY0JqT0IyWUNzZEtjdFZfNktsamlZR1F3bjBuNG9MZHVuQVFsUWFyNU54VExLTmNEWWJsUDVVeFNvWEZtbG13djRLSVRzS09SSlhjNGtBSmpN?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Workers Remove Giant Statue \u201cBlue\u201d from Kennedy Center Grounds<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Democracy Now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Report claims billionaire David Rubenstein bought $2M Kennedy Center sculpture for National Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentOusted Kennedy Center Chairman Buys&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":763799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1897,6225,6485,6486,5343,1120,133721,96,655,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-763798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-art","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-culture","tag-design","tag-domestic-politics","tag-entertainment","tag-lifestyle","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=763798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/763799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=763798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=763798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=763798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}