The Organization of American States has canceled two upcoming minority-led shows that were to perform at The Art Museum of the Americas next month, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

Just three weeks before they were slated to open, the OAS canceled an exhibit featuring Black artists from across the Western Hemisphere and another highlighting queer artists from Canada. Cheryl D. Edwards, curator of the Black artists exhibition, said the cancellation was a direct result of the order by the Trump administration to remove federal funding for diversity programs.

In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order terminating “all discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the Federal Government under whatever name they appear.”

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