The president’s push to reshape the center has brought closures, leadership changes, falling audiences and a fight over its name and future.

The “Hands Off the Arts” demonstration was held in response to Trump’s threats to demolish the Kennedy Center and his push to put his name on it.

The Kennedy Center has been in disarray since the start of Trump’s second term, when he declared himself the center’s chairman and made the board only hand-picked loyalists. But ticket sales plummeted, and artists fled from scheduled events.

A federal judge has blocked efforts to restore President Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center, while the building remains closed, staff cuts deepen and leaders seek approval for a renovation shutdown lasting up to two years.