THEY ALWAYS WANT TO WORK ON DIVERSITY INSTEAD OF DOING THEIR ACTUAL JOBS: The National Gallery of Identity Politics: Forget Monet or Hopper. The art museum’s new director wants to tackle ‘gender equality,’ ‘social justice’ and ‘diversity.’

Once upon a time (and it wasn’t that long ago), universities were what they claimed to be, institutions dedicated to the preservation and transmission of civilization’s highest values. Now they are bastions of political correctness, “intersectionality” and identity politics.

Something similar can be said of art museums. Although barely 200 years old as an institution, the art museum until recently existed primarily to preserve and nurture a love of art. Today, many art museums serve as fronts in battles that have little or nothing to do with art: entertainment, yes; snobbery and money, of course; and politics, politics, politics.

The latest example of this trend is particularly egregious because it involves one of America’s premier institutions, the National Gallery of Art in Washington. . . . Ms. Feldman’s appointment to run the National Gallery is the latest stop on an express train whose destination is the subordination of art to politics.

Sad, but far from surprising.