The Art of Pool, for Artists Only
Style, Today
Trading in their brushes for pool cues, the group that gathers for “painters’ pool” find a respite from the studio.
Saving Hawaii’s History From the Ashes, One Object at a Time
Arts, Today
Two years after deadly wildfires hit Lahaina, archaeologists, conservators and congregants have taken on a “CSI” challenge: saving thousands of cultural artifacts from landmarks and sacred sites.
What J.M.W. Turner Saw, and What We Still Can See
Arts, Yesterday
In the 250 years since the artist was born, the natural world he loved so much has changed. But he still reminds us to look with truth, clarity, and feeling.
What to Do in New York City in August
Arts, July 31
Looking for something to do in New York? See what Taylor Tomlinson is up to, let a clowder of onscreen cats entertain you, or catch some recently restored silent-era gems.
My 5 Favorite Places for Art in Rome
Arts, July 31
Our critic Jason Farago shares what you shouldn’t miss in a city crowded with both the seamy and stately.
From a Year’s Worth of Sidewalk Debris, 365 Works of Art
Arts, July 31
Yuji Agematsu is not afraid to touch the city’s surfaces, and the refuse left by his fellow dwellers.
Two Titans of the Gilded Age, Entwined in Art and Life
Books, July 30
In “Stan and Gus,” Henry Wiencek explores the creative highs and private peccadilloes of the architect Stanford White and the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
The Southwest City That Turned Itself Into an Essential Art Outpost
Arts, July 28
At Site Santa Fe, 71 artists were inspired by Southwestern figures, from healers and novelists to Navajo code talkers. Here’s a guide to the highlights.
Raymond Saunders, Painter Who Rejected Racial Pigeonholes, Dies at 90
Arts, July 27
Widely admired if long underrecognized for his collage-based art, he died only days after the closing of his first retrospective at a major museum, in his native Pittsburgh.
8 Art Shows to See Before They Close
Arts, July 24
Radiant Rembrandts, vibrant portraiture of everyday life and uncanny photographs in New York and Boston, to catch before they’re gone come August and September.
Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship
Arts, July 24
The artist said that she made the decision after she said she learned that her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty might be removed to avoid provoking President Trump.
In the Berkshires, Installing Art, Bearing the Consequences
Arts, July 24
Visitors can grab a map and follow the trail to outdoor sculptures at the Clark Art Institute. But be ready for a surreal encounter.
Sculpting Trees, and Teaching Patience and Focus
Style, July 24
For Michael Gibson, topiary art isn’t just clipping branches. It’s a life lesson.
Ozzy Osbourne Fans Reflect on His Legacy
Video, July 23
Mourners gathered in Ozzy Osbourne’s hometown of Birmingham, England, to pay tribute to the deceased heavy metal singer.
My Mother, the Artist, Discovered at 90
Opinion, July 22
What I learned about myself trying to find homes for my mother’s amateur oil paintings.
From Roman London, a Jigsaw Puzzle for the Ages
Science, July 22
Archaeologists are piecing together vivid 1,800-year-old frescoes from “thousands upon thousands upon thousands” of plaster fragments, with no picture on the box to guide them.
Noah Davis, a Painterly Dynamo Gone Too Soon, Takes a Seat in Posterity
Arts, July 21
The artist’s first museum tour luxuriates in the spacious and sophisticated folk-modernism he left behind, even as it unevenly canonizes a painter of the millennial era.
Peter Phillips, Who Was at the British Pop Art Frontier, Dies at 86
Arts, July 19
Known as the tough guy in a scene that produced David Hockney and others, he filled his paintings with gleaming car parts and sex symbols. Some of them landed on album covers.
This Groundbreaking Artist Vanished. A Decade of Sleuthing Reveals Her Greatness.
Arts, July 19
Mavis Pusey was a pioneer of Black abstraction before she was nearly forgotten. A new show in Philadelphia begins a journey of rediscovery.
Playing Hide-and-Seek With Cézanne in His Hometown
Arts, July 19
Thousands of tourists are descending on Aix-en-Provence, France, with the aim of knowing the elusive painter better.
His Old Books Look Great Beside New Clothes
Style, July 18
Geoff Snack, a vintage and rare book dealer, is getting calls from small boutiques as well as mass retailers that want what he’s selling.
The Familiar Fingerprints of a Forgotten Art Heist
Arts, July 18
After a valuable de Kooning was discovered behind a bedroom door, a true crime fan wondered: Is that all the thieves stole?
The Passion of the Cartoonist
Books, July 18
A new graphic biography of Caravaggio draws a provocative line from the old masters to the outsider artists of today.
What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in July
Arts, July 17
This week in Newly Reviewed, Max Lakin covers Nancy Dwyer’s big words and a summer group show with some thrilling collisions.
Stan Douglas and the Double Life of Images
Arts, July 17
One of the most intelligent artists in North America finally gets the retrospective he deserves.
After Not Paying for $14.5 Million Pollock, an Art Collector Is Sued
Arts, July 17
Phillips Auctioneers filed a lawsuit against a third-party guarantor who had agreed to buy the painting at a set price if it did not sell for more at auction.
New York’s Best Summer Art Shows Are Upstate
Arts, July 17
From high-octane paintings by Dana Schutz to octagonal houses, our critic finds the best of Upstate Art Weekend. Everything you need to plan a great escape in the country.
Where to Be Female, Bohemian and Free in 1890s Paris?
Books, July 15
In “The Club,” Jennifer Dasal investigates a refuge for (some) expat artists in the City of Light.
Bill Dilworth, Caretaker of ‘The New York Earth Room,’ Is Dead at 70
Arts, July 12
For decades, he tended a SoHo loft filled with dirt, made by the conceptual artist Walter De Maria. People made pilgrimages to see it — and Mr. Dilworth, its magnetic steward.
How ‘Gay’ Became an Identity in Art
Arts, July 12
Two groundbreaking exhibitions in Chicago explore the shift in portrayals of same-sex attraction. They are being staged at a fraught moment.
Brian Clarke, Stained-Glass Innovator, Is Dead at 71
Arts, July 11
Believing that the art form had to move from religious to secular settings, he designed installations in airports, corporate buildings, a country club and a marketplace.
Celebrating Humanity, Stubbornly, at Europe’s Photography Mecca
Arts, July 11
Since the 1970s, the Rencontres d’Arles has been the place to debut the art form’s latest developments. This year’s edition had a more retro feel.
In a New Opera, Violence Against Women Is Not Just the Stuff of Fables
Arts, July 11
Artists from different cultural traditions adapted an ancient tale to explore how to respond to betrayal and exploitation.
Thornton Willis, Who Brought Emotion to Geometric Painting, Dies at 89
Arts, July 10
He spent a lifetime patiently excavating the problems and possibilities of the painted surface — in terms of color, texture, process and space.
Bronx Museum Picks New Leader
Arts, July 10
Shamim Momin, who started her curatorial career at the Whitney Museum of American Art, returns to New York to take the helm of the Bronx Museum of the Arts.
Clifford Owens: Performance Art at the Edge of Transgression
Arts, July 10
In his new show, the artist, known for pushing the limits of acceptable behavior in his performance art, carefully, even timidly explores what it means to make transgressive art today.
In Beauford Delaney’s Luminous Watercolors, Color Flirts With Line
Arts, July 10
A rich exhibition of works on paper at the Drawing Center in SoHo showcases the paradox at the heart of Delaney’s work.
Jonathan Adler at MAD: A Potter’s Way With Puns and Commerce
Arts, July 10
The Museum of Arts and Design’s ceramics collection inspires a self-described pottery nerd.
Why Is L.A’s Top Gallery Closing? Let the Owner Tell You.
Arts, July 9
Over 30 years, Blum Gallery was a powerhouse for Los Angeles and Japanese artists. But rising costs and lower sales in the art market forced a reckoning.
The Bayeux Tapestry, a British Masterpiece, Returns to England After 900 Years
World, July 8
The embroidered work, depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, is a loan from France. For the first time, it will be on exhibit in London.
Lorna Simpson’s Brooklyn Art Studio Is On the Market
Real Estate, July 8
The four-story modern house in Fort Greene, which the artist had built two decades ago, is asking $6.5 million.
Pensó que Lady Gaga había comprado uno de sus cuadros. Luego, descubrió la estafa
En español, July 7
La artista Emma Webster se emocionó cuando creyó que la estrella del pop quería comprar una de sus obras. Pero resultó siendo un impostor y tuvo que pedir ayuda al FBI.
She Turns Cultures and Commodities Upside Down
Arts, July 7
A breakout moment for Stephanie Comilang, a Filipino-Canadian filmmaker, who finds a poetry beneath the surface of migration and A.I. that transcends borders.
In Tough Times in Alabama, It Helped to Live in a Ballroom
Real Estate, July 7
After 20 years in Los Angeles, an actor moved home to Birmingham to be close to his ailing mother.
The Novelist Who Tried to Make It Look Cool to Be Fascist
Books, July 7
In a newly translated biography, Maurizio Serra pierces the self-mythologizing of the acclaimed writer Curzio Malaparte, who was a seductive mouthpiece for a violent ideology.
10-Minute Challenge: An Archery Contest in Ancient India
Interactive, July 6
We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.
Chinatown Vendor Tallies Neighborhood’s Decline in $1 Plastic Bracelets
Metro, November 24
A longtime vendor in Manhattan’s Chinatown is finding it harder to make a living as people shun his intricate crafts, haggle over cheap knickknacks and shift their spending online.
Monet, Taylor Swift, ‘Moana’: What Got Readers Through Their Grief
Arts & Leisure, August 10
After our series on how artists have been affected by loss, we asked readers what helped them when they experienced it. These are 15 of their answers.
The Met Museum Is Rebounding, but Not With International Visitors
Weekend, July 24
The museum said it attracted more local visitors during the past year than it did before the pandemic, but only half the international visitors.
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.
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.