Heirs say “Blossoming Chestnut Trees” was sold under Nazi-era duress. The auction house says it is “committed to working toward a mutually satisfactory resolution.”
This illuminating documentary about the photographer Richard Avedon shows how much of his personality was infused into his art.
After a five-year break, FlucT, the choreographic team of Sigrid Lauren and Monica Mirabile, takes up residence at the OCDChintatown’s new downtown space.
The ADAA Fair offers the gamut of modern and contemporary art, from big-color abstraction to mournful, quiet paintings.
Encompassing parts of Downtown Los Angeles and areas north and east of it, the Eastside is defined less by geography and more by how cool it is.
The very existence of a show devoted to “Black abstraction” raises questions. Is it valid to continue to sort art by identity? On the evidence of “Hard Art,” the answer is yes.
Readers respond to John McWhorter’s essay about “lived experience” and the arts. Also: Susan Collins; the Democrats’ challenge; A.I. in the classroom.
To make a gallery wall that feels like it was collected over time, you must first embody the spirit of a collector.
MoMA PS1 brings together more than 40 Black artists in a search for their historical and artistic ties.
Marjorie Shelley, an arts conservator, and Doug Adams, an outdoorsman, discovered they were kindred spirits. She was 81; he was 71.
The photographic collection called Nino + Dad represents a multigenerational collaboration that offers a fresh take on still lifes.
The six etchings were missing for over a month after a robbery at a fine-dining restaurant in the French Riviera.
In newly magnetic Marseille, a family of designers have figured out how to manufacture desire.
The photographer Allan Sekula explored the hidden world of global shipping from the perspective of dockworkers and sailors in this celebrated series debuting in New York.
From train yards to Jeffrey Deitch, a luminary of street art cuts “another hole in the fence” bringing his friends to his new exhibition.
Feelings about the angular, stainless steel pickup run deep.
He became immersed in the art world through Salvador Dalí and worked with several artists’ foundations and estates. He was 83.
Giant roadside attractions have helped put hundreds of communities on the map. What happens when their novelty fades and costs pile up?
At 99, the American painter confronts his lifelong reverence for the modern French master in a rare double billing at the Matisse Museum.
Our cartoonist discovered that even the everyday photos of his 7-year-old daughter’s childhood were agonizing to delete.
Shortly before Mr. Smith died, he created a series of new “Rain Paintings” that are now on display in a show at the Tripoli Gallery in Wainscott, N.Y.
This week in Newly Reviewed, Andrew Russeth covers Gedi Sibony’s scavenger hunt, Mildred Thompson’s vivid planets, Fiona Tan’s voices and ghosts, and Ben Kinmont’s archives.
Ahead of an exhibition in New York, Takako Yamaguchi discusses her process and what it was like to be discovered so long after she began.
The artist, who has been facing sexual misconduct allegations, became a single father in May and returns to the gallery world this week with a new show, “What the Light Becomes.”
Plus: suggestive chocolates, a restaurant with a mythical owner and more recommendations from T Magazine.
The New York Post used a Hokusai work to depict Donald Trump being swept away by Democrats’ midterm election win. Some in Japan were bothered by the imagery.
In interviews in New York and Washington, on the eve of two major shows, he discloses the effect of glaucoma on his work.
Gov. Kathy Hochul will again face pressure for a millionaires’ tax, and New Yorkers are wondering if the city will gain from having one of its own as speaker of the House.
Alex de Betak spent decades as a force in the fashion world. Tragedy and a new dream made him walk away. Here’s what happened next.
Teresa Margolles grapples with the traces of murder and disappearance. A survey at MoMA PS1 connects her projects in Mexico since the 2000s, and the United States today.
The gallerist fits the stereotype of the art world scion. But in reality he had to start (almost) from scratch.
A bitter dispute has erupted between the man who helped the artist elevate gay erotica into an art form and the foundation created to protect his work.
Want to score points this holiday season? Give someone an image of their favorite companion.
Judson Memorial Church in New York City hosts Heartbeat’s Drag Opera Extravaganza for the 11th year. This year the seasonal event featured, “Queeney Todd: The Demon Bottom of Fleet Street.”
Despite its provocative subject matter, the Museum of Hunting and Nature aims to be “a joyful cabinet of curiosities.”
Henri Landier is so committed to his work that, in the early days, he slept on newspapers in an unheated shack. Now, he has had shows from Japan to India.
Boz Deseo Garden, whose work explores the “afterlife” of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, is having their Art Basel Paris debut.
Several artists at Art Basel Paris are honoring photography’s origins as France hosts hundreds of events to celebrate the medium’s bicentennial.
Marie Antoinette, Cézanne and more await you if you step off the beaten path at the Paris art fair.
The huge art center on Île Seguin near Paris opens with a show of works collected by the automaker Renault and the real estate tycoon Laurent Dumas.
A survey of museum directors reveals the impact of federal cutbacks: reduced arts programs for rural areas, students and people who are elderly or disabled.
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.
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 museum said it attracted more local visitors during the past year than it did before the pandemic, but only half the international visitors.
Uzodinma Iweala, chief executive of the Harlem institution, will leave at the end of 2024 after guiding it through pandemic years and securing funds.
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.
After struggling with the Covid pandemic, the industry is now dealing with inflation, high interest rates and international conflicts.
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.
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.
In her new memoir, “The Light Room,” Kate Zambreno looks back on the unending togetherness of family life during the pandemic.
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.
A storm, a pandemic, and Black Puerto Rican history pervade his work at MoMA PS 1, with materials sourced from daily life.
Also, Brazilians storm government offices and the Times investigates a 2021 Kabul airstrike.
With attendance surging back, the museum wants to offer “a moment of pleasure” — and relieve that Mona Lisa problem.
Plus France just beat Morocco to advance to the World Cup finals.
Projects all over the country include renovations and new wings as institutions continue to bet on bricks and mortar.
Though some small galleries are opening or expanding, the mega dealers have closed shop, a blow to an area with a vibrant artistic history.
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.
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.”
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.
From “anti-monuments” to ephemeral sand portraits, four art exhibitions encourage viewers to slow down and take stock of our pandemic losses.
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.
