Chloe Veltman
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Red has hosted the centre's Christmas Eve jazz jam since 2006.
The John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts was established through legislation in 1964.
Trump's hand-picked board of trustees voted in favour of the name change on December 18th.
Legal experts say the move was unlawful.
The center's president, Richard Grinnell, hit back with a letter on Friday saying he is seeking $1 million in damages from Chuck Redd for his, quote, political stunt.
The centre's press team shared the letter with NPR and said in an email Grinnell intends to file the lawsuit after the holidays.
Red did not respond to NPR's request for comment, but the vibraphonist and drummer told the Associated Press earlier in the week that he backed out of the engagement in protest against the name change.
Red has hosted the centre's Christmas Eve jazz jam since 2006.
The John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts was established through legislation in 1964.
Trump's hand-picked board of trustees voted in favour of the name change on December 18th.
Legal experts say the move was unlawful.
Banksy posted an image of the mural on Instagram on Monday, the artist's usual system for authenticating works.
It received close to one million likes within a day.
The artwork depicts two children lying on their backs in coats, hats and boots.
One child has their hands in their pockets, the other points a finger skywards.
It looks just like another mural that recently appeared in a different central London location, though Banksy has not yet acknowledged its authorship.
The image presents a cosy, wintry scene in time for the holidays.
But Artworld publications like Art News are also interpreting the image as a statement on the UK's escalating child homelessness crisis.
According to a report published earlier this year by the British government, more than 160,000 homeless children are currently living in temporary accommodation, the highest number on record.