On View: A Modern, Tragic Portrait of the Sea
Interactive, Today
At Fraenkel Gallery in New York, Wardell Milan’s works — which blend drawing, painting and collage — depict scenes of both comfort and chaos.
Ancient Female Ballplayer Makes Public Debut
Science, Today
The statue will be part of “Ancient Huasteca Women: Goddesses, Warriors and Governors” at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago.
An Artist Is Finding Out Who She Is Through Her Art
Arts, Today
Robin F. Williams, whose first solo museum show opened this month in her hometown in Ohio, is evolving through her works, which are often injected with humor.
Baskets Holding the Identity of an Indigenous People
Arts, Today
The baskets of Jeremy Frey from the Passamaquoddy tribe in Maine have caught the attention of the art world.
Mickalene Thomas Takes Los Angeles
Arts, Today
The Broad Museum kicks off a touring exhibition of the artist’s work over the last 20 years.
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Is the Place to Go for Inventive Pastries and Fresh Bread
T Magazine, Yesterday
Plus: a vase designed by Alice Waters, sculptures made from recycled CDs and more recommendations from T Magazine.
How Postwar Paris Changed the Expat Artists
Arts, Yesterday
An exhibition at the Grey Art Museum explores the fervid postwar scene in Paris, where Ellsworth Kelly, Joan Mitchell and others learned lessons America couldn’t teach them.
Maurizio Cattelan’s Got a Gun Show
Arts, Yesterday
From bananas as art to bullet-riddled panels: The Italian artist, in a rare in-person interview, tells why he turned his sardonic gaze on a violence-filled world.
36 Hours on Maui
Interactive, Yesterday
The beauty and hospitality of this Hawaiian island, still recovering from last year’s wildfires, remain as vibrant as ever.
One for the Ages: Sonia Delaunay’s Wearable Abstractions
Arts, Yesterday
A steamer trunk worth of clothing and textiles by the French-Ukrainian artist reveals the sartorial origins of abstraction.
May Brings More Than Flowers: Art Fairs to See in New York
Arts, Yesterday
Beyond Frieze, the options for collectors include events devoted to contemporary African art as well as underrepresented and emerging artists. Here’s a roundup.
10 Campus Museums Shine a Spotlight on Democracy
Arts, Yesterday
A coalition of universities is tying exhibitions into the 2024 elections and the broader issue of extreme political polarization in the United States.
A New Arts Campus Blooms on Detroit’s East Side
Arts, Yesterday
The founders of a downtown art gallery see the potential for a vibrant community and art hub in the East Village and are putting the pieces in place.
Hoping Art Can Strike a Balance on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Arts, Yesterday
In a biennial show this spring and summer between two museums on either side of the border, artists tell fresh stories about a contentious region.
Chicago Museum Says Investigators Have No Evidence Art Was Looted
Arts, April 24
In a court filing, the Art Institute of Chicago fought Manhattan prosecutors’ efforts to seize an important Egon Schiele drawing, denying that the Nazis had stolen it.
Rotting Fruit, an Animatronic Mouse and Other Highlights of the Venice Biennale
T Magazine, April 24
A tour of the international exhibition, which opened last week and runs through November.
Noche Flamenca, Raising the Dead With Goya
Arts, April 24
In “Searching for Goya,” at the Joyce Theater, the troupe uses the painter’s images as frames for flamenco dances.
Long-Lost Klimt Painting Sells for $37 Million at Auction
Arts, April 24
The portrait was left unfinished in the painter’s studio when he died, and questions persist over the identity of the subject and what happened to the painting during Nazi rule in Austria.
The Venice Biennale and the Art of Turning Backward
Arts, April 24
Every art institution now speaks of progress, justice, transformation. What if all those words hide a more old-fashioned aim?
Turner Prize Shortlist Leans In to Artists’ Identities
Arts, April 24
This year’s four nominees are Claudette Johnson, Jasleen Kaur, Pio Abad and Delaine Le Bas, whose works draw on personal history and cultural interpretations.
A ‘Wonderland’ Adventure in the Bronx
Arts, April 24
A show at the New York Botanical Garden, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s books, will explore his fictional and real worlds through plants, art and artifacts.
Art Seeks Enlightenment in Darkness
Arts, April 24
Many artists are dimming the lights of their museum shows, for a mix of symbolic and spiritual reasons.
A Mississippi Exhibition Takes on a Provocative Topic
Arts, April 24
A 183-canvas painting by Noah Saterstrom explores mental illness, his family’s struggle with it — and the state’s response to those impaired by it.
Manuel Mathieu Finds His Way Through Haitian History, on Canvas
Arts, April 24
The young artist interweaves the personal and the political, asking such questions as, “How can we build when we are inhabited by rage?”
A Celebrated Artist Finds Joy in a Return to New York
Arts, April 24
In his biggest exhibit since a 2013 retrospective at the Guggenheim, Christopher Wool has created his own show in a unique space.
Reincarnating a Treasured Design Store in Minneapolis
Arts, April 23
The Walker Art Center looks to the past to bring back its long-admired flair for modern design and contemporary art.
A Guide of American Museums to Visit This Year
Arts, April 23
Siblings, parents and grandparents are collaborators and muses in a variety of upcoming shows around the country that highlight family traditions and bonds.
Britain Memorializes a Queen, With Smiles and Bronze Corgis
Arts, April 22
Sculptors have immortalized past British monarchs with imposing, stern-faced statues. For Queen Elizabeth II, they’re taking a different approach.
For Sale: A Rare Klimt Portrait, Valued at $32 Million. But of Whom?
Culture, April 22
The painting’s re-emergence after decades has come with a swirl of questions about its subject, one of three related teenage girls.
Archie Moore, Australian Artist, Wins Top Prize at Venice Biennale
Culture, April 20
Moore, an Indigenous Australian artist, won the Golden Lion for “kith and kin,” which draws on what he says is 65,000 years of family history.
The Vatican Transforms a Prison Into a Gallery
Special Sections, April 19
For its offering at this year’s Venice Biennale, the Holy See chose an unusual venue: the Giudecca women’s prison.
Behind the Scenes of the 2024 Venice Biennale
Video, April 19
The Venice Biennale, a historic and influential exhibition, is underway this week, showcasing works from hundreds of artists in an attempt to track the direction of where art is going. Jason Farago, a critic at large for The New York Times, disent...
In Venice, a Conservative Painter Stages an Unpopular Rebellion
Culture, April 19
Poland’s right-wing government tapped the artist Ignacy Czwartos for the Venice Biennale before it was voted out of office. The new government canceled his show, but he is staging it anyway.
Roni Horn: a Restless Artist With 4 Shows and More Identities
Arts & Leisure, April 19
The spring exhibitions display Horn’s work across many mediums — a reflection of how the artist, known for her serene glass sculptures, sees herself.
8 Hits of the Venice Biennale
Culture, April 19
These highlights drew the big crowds in the early days, from a sonorous symphony made by fruit, to an underwater spectacle to a modern-day Tintoretto.
Dinh Q. Le, Artist Who Weighed War and Memory, Dies at 56
Obits, April 18
His most famous work — collages of Vietnam War photographs, popular film stills and Western imagery — focused on a history of his homeland that he feared was being lost.
What 80 Artists, Musicians and Writers Are Starting Right Now
Interactive, April 18
Boots Riley, Earl Sweatshirt, Jennifer Egan, Amaarae and more tell us about their new projects.
What to Do When You Can’t Figure Out How to Draw Anthony Fauci’s Glasses?
Interactive, April 18
Advice on quashing doubt and maximizing procrastination, according to Joan Baez, Kim Gordon, Bill T. Jones and Myha’la.
The Artists for Whom It Was Never Too Late
Interactive, April 18
Six people, from Lorraine O’Grady to Wallace Stevens, who found a new creative calling – or received long-overdue recognition — later in life.
Six Artists Look Back at Work They Made in Their Youth
Interactive, April 18
Marina Abramović, David Henry Hwang and others reveal their juvenalia.
After 70 Years, Si Lewen’s Wrenching ‘Parade’ Marches On
Weekend, April 18
This sequence of 63 bravura antiwar drawings hasn’t been shown in New York in nearly seven decades but they’re up again now, thanks to Art Spiegelman.
What Jon Bon Jovi Did After Losing His Voice
Interactive, April 18
Seven artists on the challenges and joys of starting over, sometimes in a totally new field.
36 Hours in Munich
Interactive, April 18
Shedding its conservative reputation, the Bavarian capital is finding unusual ways to balance tradition and innovation.
Tracy Chapman, Stephen King and Chloë Sevigny on Their Debuts
Interactive, April 18
Musicians, writers and others revisit the work that started it all for them, and what (if anything) they might have done differently.
Why All Artists Remain Perpetual Beginners
Interactive, April 18
It takes courage to start. And far more to continue.
From Debuts to Do-Overs, What It Means to Become an Artist — At Any Age
Interactive, April 18
T’s Culture issue looks at the many ways to begin.
A Millennial Weaver Carries a Centuries-Old Craft Forward
Weekend, April 18
Melissa Cody mastered a weaving tradition dating back millenniums, but her eye-dazzling patterns joyously venture beyond it.
How to Begin a Creative Life
Interactive, April 18
We spoke to 150 artists, some planning retrospectives and others making their debut, to ask about the process of starting something.
Applications Open! The New York Times Illustration Portfolio Review
Culture, April 17
We’re inviting illustrators from around the world to share their work with art directors from The New York Times. Apply by June 21, 2024.
Marian Zazeela, an Artist of Light and Design, Dies at 83
Obits, April 17
She pivoted from painting to lighting exhibitions, performance art, graphic design and minimalist music, performed with her husband, the composer La Monte Young.
Keith Haring’s Legacy Is Not Found at the Museum
Weekend, April 17
Three decades after his death, his work is still sold on products and in stores. But his concept of public art is most powerfully preserved on the street.
At Venice Biennale, Israel’s Show Is Halted, but Protests Go On
Culture, April 17
The country’s exhibition was already closed after its artist refused to exhibit her work until there was a cease-fire and hostage deal in Gaza. But that didn’t calm the discontent.
A ‘Nature School’ Meets in Brooklyn
Styles, April 16
A series of workshops hosted by the artist collective Field Meridians will try to get New Yorkers to open their eyes to the nature all around them.
Israeli Artist Shuts Biennale Show, Urging Cease-Fire and Hostage Release
Culture, April 16
Ruth Patir, Israel’s representative at the Venice Biennale, says she won’t open her show in the national pavilion until “a cease-fire and hostage release agreement is reached.”
Patti Astor, Doyenne of New York’s Avant-Garde Scene, Dies at 74
Obits, April 15
She was a founder of the Fun Gallery, which staged early shows by Keith Haring and other artists who defined the city’s downtown scene in the 1980s.
James Dean, Founding Director of NASA Art Program, Dies at 92
Obits, April 15
He arranged for artists to have access to astronauts, launchpads and more. “Their imaginations enable them to venture beyond a scientific explanation,” he once said.
Faith Ringgold Perfectly Captured the Pitch of America’s Madness
Culture, April 15
Ringgold’s landmark career was long ignored by the art establishment. But she kept going, mixing the personal and political, and a late surge of attention rightly put her smack in the middle of MoMA.
Taking a Moment to Lounge at Milan Design Week
Special Sections, April 15
You can always see where you would like to sit at the annual festival of furnishings and household objects.
Match Made in Venice: Tadao Ando and Zeng Fanzhi
Culture, April 15
From Japan, Ando designed an exhibition for Zeng, the Chinese painter, which generates a sense of surprise and discovery — what LACMA’s director calls “a strange, poetic thing.”
Norman Lear’s Art Goes to Auction
Culture, April 15
The television producer’s prime pieces will be featured in a special evening sale at Christie’s in May.
Fashion’s Favorite Farm
Styles, April 14
What is Sky High Farm? A brand? An art project? A business? A charity? It wants to be all of the above.
Representing the U.S. and Critiquing It in a Psychedelic Rainbow
Arts & Leisure, April 13
Jeffrey Gibson’s history-making turn at the Venice Biennale brings the gay and Native American artist center stage with works of struggle and freedom.
Indigenous Artists Are the Heart of the Venice Biennale
Arts & Leisure, April 13
Here are highlights of the range of work produced by Native artists in the pavilions and a central exhibition that proudly calls itself “Foreigners Everywhere.”
Faith Ringgold Dies at 93; Wove Black Life Into Quilts and Children’s Books
Obits, April 13
A champion of Black artists, she explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of media and later the written word.
Hudson Yards ‘Vessel’ Sculpture Will Reopen With Netting After Suicides
Metro, April 13
The 150-foot-high tourist attraction, which closed in 2021, will be fitted with mesh to stop people from jumping.
Lewis Hamilton, Swizz Beatz and Nine Inch Nails Toast Influential Artists
Styles, April 13
This week, the Brooklyn Museum honored the work of Titus Kaphar at their Artists Ball, and GQ hosted an awards show in the Financial District.
In the Nigeria Pavilion, Criticism Meets Optimism
Culture, April 13
The group show “Nigeria Imaginary” will be one of the most ambitious African presentations ever at the Venice Biennale.
Después de 500 años de su muerte, ¿quién se beneficia del trabajo de Da Vinci?
En español, April 12
Las autoridades italianas y un fabricante alemán se enfrentan por un rompecabezas de 1000 piezas con la imagen de “El hombre de Vitruvio” del artista.
Renaissance Portraits That Played Hide and Seek
Weekend, April 11
Portraits go undercover in the new Metropolitan Museum show “Hidden Faces,” about the practice of concealing artworks behind sliding panels and reverse-side paintings.
A Steadying Force for the Africa Center Is Stepping Down
Culture, April 11
Uzodinma Iweala, chief executive of the Harlem institution, will leave at the end of 2024 after guiding it through pandemic years and securing funds.
A Jazz Lounge That’s More Than Kind of Blue
T Style, April 11
Plus: Thom Browne bedding, a new Brooklyn bakery and more recommendations from T Magazine.
36 Hours in Toronto
Interactive, April 11
Savor the diversity of this lakefront city though its hidden bars, small-but-fascinating museums and restaurants with dishes like jerk chicken chow mein and Hong Kong-style French toast.
Roberta Smith Looks Back on Three Decades of Art Criticism
Insider, April 11
Ms. Smith, a pioneering co-chief art critic for The New York Times, retired last month after more than 4,500 reviews and essays.
Ellen Gallagher’s Futuristic Archives
T Style, April 10
The artist discusses marine life and African American myth from her studio in the Netherlands.
Can Adriano Pedrosa Save the Venice Biennale? No Pressure.
Culture, April 10
Balancing diplomacy and geopolitics is hardly new for the first Biennale curator from Latin America. He isn’t scared to make a strong statement on contemporary art.
A Reverse Art Heist? Museum Finds Employee’s Painting on Its Wall
Foreign, April 10
The Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich said it had fired a worker for hanging one of his own pieces in its modern art collection.
Da Vinci’s Been Dead for 500 Years. Who Gets to Profit from His Work?
Express, April 10
Italian officials and a German puzzle maker are battling over a 1,000-piece puzzle bearing the image of the artist’s “Vitruvian Man.”
Two Art Deco Icons Poised for a Renaissance
Styles, April 10
Tamara de Lempicka, a painter favored by celebrities and designers, is being revisited. Plus, a historical Miami building reopens as a hotel and private club.
A Heartland Godmother of Installation Art, No Longer in the Shadows
Weekend, April 9
She is a trailblazer of the architectural sculpture movement, and her diaries rival Frida Kahlo’s. Are we ready for the unsettling clarity of Donna Dennis?
The Gang That Preyed on America’s Small Museums
Culture, April 7
No one mistook them for cat burglars, but the authorities say the crew spent two decades pilfering, and in some cases destroying, art and sports treasures, including Yogi Berra’s championship rings.
La nueva muestra del MoMa ubica a América Latina en la modernidad del siglo XX
En español, April 7
Una nueva exposición del MoMA analiza el diseño de seis países entre 1940 y 1980. Varias sillas hermosas cuentan la historia.
Why Richard Serra’s Art Will Outlive Us All
Interactive, April 6
The great American artist was born in 1938 and died last week, but his work transcends time.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tracee Ellis Ross and Gayle King Hit New York Art Parties
Culture, April 6
This week, the New Museum gala drew a crowd to Lower Manhattan and the MoMA Black Arts Council mingled in Midtown, as the Spring benefit season kicked into gear.
Betye Saar Is Making Some of the Best Work of Her Life.
Styles, April 5
At 97, the artist still greets every day eager to create.
Harlem Was No Longer the Same After This Dinner Party
National, April 5
Harlem was synonymous with the arts. But what I didn’t know was how that had come to be.
Women Who Made Art in Japanese Internment Camps Are Getting Their Due
Express, April 5
A traveling exhibit will focus on the work of three Japanese American women artists, Hisako Hibi, Miki Hayakawa and Miné Okubo.
A ‘Taxi Driver’ Remake: Why Arthur Jafa Recast the Scorsese Ending
Culture, April 5
The artist has gone back to his filmmaking roots, re-examining what he sees as racial undertones in Martin Scorsese’s classic 1976 movie.
Literary Gold From the Gilded Age, in Poster Form
Book Review, April 5
For lovers of vintage books and periodicals, “The Art of the Literary Poster” celebrates a vibrant niche in late-19th-century advertising.
Her Art Is at Odds With Museums, and Museums Can’t Get Enough
Arts & Leisure, April 5
Gala Porras-Kim has confronted the restitution of cultural artifacts and now — with melting Antarctic ice — climate change.
Land Artist Files Lawsuit Against Des Moines Museum to Protect Her Work
Culture, April 5
Mary Miss’s lawsuit claims that the planned demolition of her work violates the Visual Artists Rights Act, which empowers artists to save their work from destruction.
Michael Singer, Sculptor Who Used Nature as His Medium, Dies at 78
Obits, April 4
His work, on an increasingly large scale, attempted to highlight, and repair, the impact of human intervention on the landscape.
When the Rubin Museum Was Divine
Weekend, April 4
The Rubin will be “reimagined” as a global museum, but our critic says its charismatic presence will be only a troubling memory.
Gaetano Pesce, Designer Who Broke the Rules, Is Dead at 84
Obits, April 4
He brought surrealism, and politics, into the design world, disdaining conformity and right angles. “He was an enemy of the grid.”
For Sale: One Huge Drawing, Maybe by Michelangelo
Culture, April 4
Former owners of the Renaissance artist’s villa want to sell a sketch once on a kitchen wall. But scholars are divided over whether Michelangelo actually drew it.
Reworked Italian Jerseys That Celebrate Soccer Style
T Style, April 4
Plus: a Nancy Brooks Brody exhibition, a Nile sailboat charter and more recommendations from T Magazine.
36 Hours in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Interactive, April 4
Bar-hop in an old quarter, explore a street splashed with murals and fly kites on the lawn of a fortress in this Caribbean capital.
In Zen Painting, It Takes Years of Practice to Do Almost Nothing
Weekend, April 4
How do you make an artwork sing? Let your unconscious mind do it. That’s the message of an alluring show at the Japan Society.
What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in April
Culture, April 4
Blake Gopnik reviews Richmond Barthé’s celebrated sculptures, Claude Viallat’s paintings on fabric and Maarten Baas’s one-of-a-kind “Sweeper’s Clock.”.
A New Way of Looking at the Nude
T Style, April 3
The artists redefining portraits of the human body for a more inclusive age.
Whitney Museum Names Chief Curator
Culture, April 3
Kim Conaty will steer exhibitions and the permanent collection, saying she will pay close attention to work by Latino and Indigenous artists.
When Latin America Became the Seat of Modernity
Culture, April 3
A new MoMA exhibition looks at design from six countries, spanning 1940 to 1980. Some beautiful chairs tell the tale.
Protests Over Gaza Intensify at American Art Museums
Culture, April 2
A protest at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco led to the resignation of its leader and to a monthlong closure of its galleries.
Readers Share Their Favorite Places to See Art in California
National, April 2
Contemporary art with a hillside winery in Napa, a Roman villa-inspired museum in Pacific Palisades and more.
As Graffiti Moves From Eyesore to Amenity, Landlords Try to Cash In
Business, March 31
Brands, developers and even city officials are embracing the global appeal of street art, but the boom comes with questions about preserving a neighborhood’s cultural cachet.
An Altered Masterpiece
Summary, March 30
In 1914, an Easter section in The Times that showed paintings from the Metropolitan Museum was a sensation. But there was something off about Fra Angelico’s ‘The Crucifixion.’
How a Museum Curator From the Bronx Spends His Sundays
Metropolitan, March 30
Angel López, who goes by Monxo, fills his Sundays with art, music, gardening with his daughter and TV classics.
Serra’s ‘Splash’: A Public Artist’s Private Breakthrough
Culture, March 29
Serra spattered a pot of molten lead against the base of a wall in Jasper Johns’s home. Then he let it harden. The result looked nothing like a traditional sculpture.
Serra’s ‘Splash’: A Public Artist’s Private Breakthough
Arts, March 29
Serra spattered a pot of molten lead against the base of a wall in Jasper Johns’s home. Then he let it harden. The result looked nothing like a traditional sculpture.
Teacher Secretly Sold His Students’ Art on Mugs and Shirts, Lawsuit Says
Express, March 29
Parents of a dozen students at a school near Montreal accused an art teacher in a lawsuit of reproducing portraits from a class assignment and putting them on items that he offered for sale online.
An Idyll on the Shores of a Toxic Lake
Op Ed, March 29
The town of Bombay Beach, Calif., offers its residents a tight-knit community in the midst of catastrophe.
Robert Moskowitz, Abstract Painter of New York’s Skyscrapers, Dies at 88
Obits, March 28
He depicted the Empire State Building, the Flatiron Building and, most indelibly, the World Trade Center. Those paintings took on new meaning after 9/11.
A Painter Inspired by Islamic Art and Rural New York Life
Interactive, March 28
Uman’s vibrant abstract works, currently at Hauser & Wirth in London, are shaped by her childhood memories.
At Tiffany’s Flagship, Luxe Art Helps Sell the Jewels
Weekend, March 28
Turrell. Hirst. Basquiat: This 10-story palace is filled with famous names, for a heady fusion of relevant, and discomfiting, contemporary art and retailing.
When Richard Serra’s Steel Curves Became a Memorial
Weekend, March 28
The sculptor had a breakthrough in the late 1990s with his torqued metal rings. Then the attack on the World Trade Center, which Serra witnessed, gave them a sudden new significance.
The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Rage and Grief
Weekend, March 28
Käthe Kollwitz’s fierce belief in social justice and her indelible images made her one of Germany’s best printmakers. A dazzling MoMA show reminds us why.
Crisis-Hit British Museum Gets New Leader
Weekend, March 28
Nicholas Cullinan will take over the London institution as it faces the fallout from a theft scandal and calls for the return of objects in its collection.
In Raymond Saunders’s Paintings, an Education on How to Rebel
Culture, March 28
“Post No Bills,” a four-decade overview of the artist’s work, is a sprawling map of his searching mind and hard-to-categorize work.
A Building With Possibilities, on East 77th Street, Is Listed for $18 Million
Real Estate, March 28
The estate of Maurice Kanbar, an entrepreneur, is selling his Upper East Side home. There is an art gallery on the first two floors and four vacant rental apartments upstairs.
When Larry Met Jean-Michel
Weekend, March 28
A new exhibition tells the dealer’s story of how two rising stars, Larry Gagosian and Jean-Michel Basquiat, worked together in Los Angeles in the ’80s.
36 Hours in Mumbai
Interactive, March 28
Explore ancient caves, catch a concert in a former textile mill, feast on mangoes and go on a poetry crawl in this fast-changing Indian city.
Sculpture Doesn’t Get Much Smaller Than This
Projects and Initiatives, March 28
Lyndon J. Barrois Sr., whose day job is high-tech animation, uses gum wrappers to create detailed portraits of historical figures and athletes in flight.
The Broad Museum, a Los Angeles Favorite, Is Expanding
Culture, March 27
An expansion designed by Diller, Scofidio + Renfro will add 55,000 square feet to an institution that has become a popular Los Angeles destination.
For Richard Serra, Art Was Not Something. It Was Everything.
Culture, March 27
He was known as the Man of Steel. But the sculptor was also an eternal poet, reshaping our perception of space, says our critic.
Kim Kardashian Is Sued for Saying Her Tables Are Authentic Donald Judds
Culture, March 27
In a promotional video, the reality star said her office furniture was designed by Judd, the minimalist artist. His foundation says otherwise in a new lawsuit.
It’s a Statue of Prince Philip. Really. But Now It Has to Go.
Express, March 27
A much-reviled faceless statue in Cambridge, England, commemorating Philip’s time as a chancellor of Cambridge University has been ordered to be removed.
Audience Snapshot: Four Years After Shutdown, a Mixed Recovery
Culture, March 12
Covid brought live performance to a halt. Now the audience for pop concerts and sporting events has roared back, while attendance on Broadway and at some major museums is still down.
The Global Art Business Is Better, but Not Booming
Special Sections, December 5
After struggling with the Covid pandemic, the industry is now dealing with inflation, high interest rates and international conflicts.
Looking to the Art Fair World of 2024
Special Sections, December 5
Art fairs managed to survive the downturn brought about by the Covid pandemic and are on the rise again — a trend expected to continue in the coming year.
A Kinetic Cloud of Humanity for Moynihan Train Hall
Culture, September 24
Joshua Frankel, an artist whose grandfather worked at the James Farley Post Office, has deep roots at the site of his new video project for Art at Amtrak.
The Days Were Long and the Years Were Longer
Book Review, July 3
In her new memoir, “The Light Room,” Kate Zambreno looks back on the unending togetherness of family life during the pandemic.
Radical Rethinking at Biennale: Africa and the Future Share Pride of Place
Culture, May 22
Don’t be fooled by its generic title. Lesley Lokko’s “Laboratory of the Future” is the most ambitious and pointedly political Venice Architecture Biennale in years.
Through Catastrophe, and in Community, the Art of Daniel Lind-Ramos
Weekend, May 4
A storm, a pandemic, and Black Puerto Rican history pervade his work at MoMA PS 1, with materials sourced from daily life.
Your Monday Briefing: China Reopens
Dining, January 8
Also, Brazilians storm government offices and the Times investigates a 2021 Kabul airstrike.
Looking for Elbow Room, Louvre Limits Daily Visitors to 30,000
Culture, January 6
With attendance surging back, the museum wants to offer “a moment of pleasure” — and relieve that Mona Lisa problem.
Your Thursday Briefing: China’s Snarled Covid Data
N Y T Now, December 14
Plus France just beat Morocco to advance to the World Cup finals.
After a Covid Contraction, Museums Are Expanding Again
Special Sections, October 20
Projects all over the country include renovations and new wings as institutions continue to bet on bricks and mortar.
San Francisco’s Art Market Struggles in the Shadow of Los Angeles
Culture, August 29
Though some small galleries are opening or expanding, the mega dealers have closed shop, a blow to an area with a vibrant artistic history.
Dmitri Vrubel, Who Planted a Kiss on the Berlin Wall, Dies at 62
Obits, August 19
A Russian-born painter, he created a mural of the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev smooching the East German leader Erich Honecker — and with it a tourist attraction.
Covid. A Coma. A Stroke. José Parlá Returns From the Edge.
Culture, July 31
After a lengthy recovery, the artist comes back with the most vigorous work he’s made: “It took me a really long time to understand what had happened to me.”
London Modern and Contemporary Auctions: A Market Minus the Froth
Culture, July 1
The prices — $36.9 million for Monet paintings, and $52.8 million for a Francis Bacon — show that even as Britain’s share of the global art market has decreased, it’s an important player.
Covid Memorials Offer a Place to Put Our Grief
Culture, May 5
From “anti-monuments” to ephemeral sand portraits, four art exhibitions encourage viewers to slow down and take stock of our pandemic losses.
Manhattan Springs Back to Life
Travel, May 5
Broadway enthusiasts, art aficionados and food lovers will find new offerings in and around Times Square and in neighborhoods below 42nd Street, heralding the promise of a vibrant recovery.