President of the National Civic Art Society, a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. that promotes the classical and humanistic tradition in public art and architecture. Eleventh Chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency comprising seven presidential appointees who are the aesthetic guardians of Washington.
On June 17, 2025, Politico published an extensive news article, “The MAGA-Backed Plan to Make Penn Station Beautiful Again.” The piece begins: In 2021, Justin Shubow, the president of the non-profit National Civic Art Society, approached a team of supporters … Continue reading
On May 29, 2025, I appeared on the Who Versus podcast for a fun and freewheeling discussion about architecture, power, and the values embedded in our public buildings. What began as a discussion of Brutalism and the movie The Brutalist … Continue reading
On April 7, 2025, Tom Temin interviewed me on the Federal Drive, a show on the Federal News Network. I discussed government architecture policy under President Trump, including his 2020 Executive Order on the subject. Audio recording and transcript here.
Le Point, a French weekly newspaper, published an interview of me as well as a companion news article, “Donald Trump’s Major Offensive Against ‘Just Really Ugly’ Architecture.” To quote the interview (via Google translate): He is Donald Trump’s Mr. Architecture. Appointed chairman of the … Continue reading
On February 24, 2025, I appeared on Greg Kelly Reports on Newsmax TV to discuss Brutalism, the much-loathed mid-century architectural style of many federal government buildings in Washington, D.C., including the headquarters of the FBI, Department of Health and Human … Continue reading
The New York Times gave me some good quotes in a February 22, 2025 article on the politics of Brutalism under Trump: The [Brutalist] buildings’ very association with government is sinister to people in Mr. Trump’s orbit, like Justin Shubow, … Continue reading
On February 5, 2025, I discussed my vision for serving as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, together with how Trump is beautifying civic architecture, on the Ben Shapiro Show. I explained, “My vision comes from Dana Gioia, … Continue reading
On January 31, 2025, I published an article for City Journal, a publication of the Manhattan Institute, titled “Trump Is Right: America’s New Buildings Are Ugly.” To quote: President Donald Trump has made it clear that the aesthetics of government … Continue reading
Writing for Dezeen, the publication’s editor Tom Ravenscroft interviewed me at length in a January 29, 2025 piece on Trump’s directives re federal architecture: [Shubow] described architects’ responses as “hysterical” and claimed that the American Institute of Architects (AIA) is … Continue reading
On January 22, 2025, I appeared on The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast with the eponymous host, Senior Editor at National Review. To quote the show’s summary: On episode 79 of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast, Charles talked to … Continue reading