The Musée d'Orsay is preparing a timely—or perhaps we should say elegiac—exhibition on the origins and significance of the Statue of Liberty in New York. It will be open to the public starting in September and coincides with the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. With the new imperial Trump, in the coming months more events may occur that further undermine the symbolism of that work, a gift from France to the young United States on its centennial, and which millions of immigrants saw as a symbol of welcome and hope from Ellis Island, where they would learn whether or not they would be allowed to enter the island.