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Veterans Find Art Inspiration

A show at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian highlights art made by Indigenous veterans, especially those who served in the Vietnam War.

Books to Squint At

Plus: Peruvian stone boxes, holiday party-ready necklaces and more recommendations from T Magazine.

‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like This in Terms of the Level of Fear’

At a time of global conflict, institutions are shying away from the topic — and artists are struggling to show their work.

What’s New at the Museum? Stargazing, Escape Rooms, Bachelorette Parties and More.

Museums are pitching themselves as date-night destinations — and finding a generation of takers.

Come for the Relics, Stay for the Music

The program “Met Live Arts” aims to create immersive experiences with notable performers in surprising museum locations.

A Spanish Homecoming

The new museum, in Valencia, will focus on works by that city’s native son, Joaquín Sorolla, and, it is hoped, benefit the Manhattan institution.

A Squirrel Invaded an Artist’s House, Then His Life

After a squirrel invaded his home, Wilmer Wilson IV decided to research everything about the creature. The result is a solo show titled “SKIRL!”

A Guide to U.S. Art Openings

On display are Yoshitomo Nara’s alluring childlike figures in New York, works by Salvador Dalí alongside his predecessors’ in Florida and Raven Halfmoon’s towering sculptures in Oklahoma.

Oberlin College Professor and His Wife Are Murdered by His Son, Police Say

Pipo Nguyen-duy, 64, was the studio art chairman at the liberal arts college in Ohio and had been honored for his photography, including being named a Guggenheim fellow.

There Are a Whole Lot of Clues, But Little in the Way of Mystery

The photographer Taryn Simon spent a decade channeling an F.B.I. agent’s life into pictures. Is it good art? Does it matter?

Urgent Funding Sought to Retrieve U.S. ‘Art Olympics’ Sculptures

The commissioner of the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale said donations were badly needed to ship the artworks home from Italy. Her nonprofit group is facing a $1 million shortfall to cover the costs.

A Painter’s Last Works Reclaim His First Act

The artist, who died at 37, had largely retreated from the art world after skyrocketing early success. A final body of work is an exorcism of sorts.

The Woman Who Made Vincent van Gogh Famous

Were it not for the artist’s sister-in-law, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, a new biography argues, the world might not have encountered his extraordinary work.

O’Keeffe’s Work Beyond Flowers

A rare display of the artist’s architectural paintings from three distinct locations are on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

A Manga Showcase Hits the Brooklyn Museum

The Japanese comic book medium has become hugely popular among audiences globally. A new exhibition should have something for both fans and newcomers.

Honoring Baltimore’s Complex Past

Across three fall shows, the Baltimore Museum of Art showcases the multifaceted region through photography, paintings, poetry and weavings.

Two Murals That Celebrate New York

In 1986, Keith Haring created a mural with young helpers. Now an artist has worked to make a colorful mural in the Bronx.

How Small Interior Design Changes Can Refresh a Room

Beata Heuman, a London-based designer, updates the look of her family dining room.

Lost Feminist Takes Her Place at MoMA

An exhibition is built around the German artist Marianne Wex, whose photos are in dialogue with the works of others.

At These Rural Get-Togethers, the Gathering is the Point — and the Art

The idea is to bring people together in places that are not always thought of as art hubs, and produce new art along the way.

Reimagining Pop Art

The artist Alex Da Corte offers a fresh take on Roy Lichtenstein and Marisol in two new projects opening back-to-back this fall.

Northwest Arkansas Now Looks Like This

Alice Walton is helping the Ozark region shed its “flyover” status by creating civic projects with top architects. The Waltons say they are “giving back.” What is the region giving up?

Ursula von Rydingsvard, Sculptor of Monumental Forms, Has Died

Working with four-by-four cedar beams, she created towering sculptures that evoked cave walls, frozen waves, seashells or the folds of a giant’s brain.

A Manhattan Showcase for Works by the Father of Modern Italian Design

From skyscrapers to chairs to whimsical coat hooks, the Milan native Gio Ponti, who died in 1979, left an extraordinary legacy.

Divas Take the Spotlight

Against a glittering backdrop and to the beat of a powerful soundtrack, an art museum exhibition gives the Dollys, Whitneys and Marías their due.

Where Neon’s Warm Glow Can Be Found and Celebrated

Across the United States, from Nevada to Missouri, museums and parks are displaying and honoring signs that “are like jewels on a necklace of the road.”

‘Sweeney Todd’ Drag Opera Parody Draws Audiences to New York City Church

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.”

On the Big Screen, Stepford Wives in the Age of AI

With “DreamQuil,” the artist Alex Prager has made her first feature-length film.

This Is Your Brain on Art

The Honolulu Museum of Art is showing how art can influence thinking, perspective and mood, in an exhibition that is part of a trend by museums to mix science and art.

Elaine de Kooning Gets Her Time

A show at the Berry Campbell gallery in Manhattan offers a rare extensive examination of work by the artist, whose reputation has always been complicated by that of her famous husband.

A Conceptual Artist Who Makes Frankenstein’s Monster Sing

In the show “her her,” Jane Benson anatomizes Mary Shelley’s novel, highlighting its feminism and creating visual works that are also vocal scores.

Kermit the Gangster Frog? Only in These Vintage Ghanaian Movie Posters

In the 1980s, video clubs in Ghana used hand-painted posters to draw African audiences to Hollywood movies. Now they’re attracting American film buffs.

J. Todd Anderson, 67, Dies; Sketches Shaped Coen Brothers Films

The storyboard artist produced scene-by-scene sketches that shaped films like “Fargo,” “The Big Lebowski” and “No Country for Old Men.”

Paul Stankard Has Died. Behold What He Did With Paperweights.

Yes, paperweights. Working over a nearly 5,000-degree gas flame, he created glass marvels that sold for tens of thousands of dollars. He was 83.

Monet Painting Sells for $56 Million in France

The artwork, titled “Iris,” is among the painter’s later works, which wealthy collectors have coveted in recent years.

Art Basel Paris to End Early Because of France Riots

Organizers cut the fair short after days of brisk sales at V.I.P. previews, citing safety concerns amid weeks of demonstrations in France.

If You Think You Know Brancusi’s Sculptures, Step Into His Studio

Rare artworks, photographs, films and tools have traveled from Paris to MoMA, revealing the father of modern sculpture as newly earthy.

Beautiful Figures, No Matter the View

A show of bronzes at the Frick Collection reveals a divine and ancient craft they’d revived — and lessons in gluteal grace.

T Introduces

A new art destination in Amsterdam will be filled with experiments in light and form.

Video Game Studio BioWare Shutting Down

The studio was behind popular games such as Baldur’s Gate, Dragon Age and Mass Effect. Its parent company, Electronic Arts, is expected to lay off some of its staff as part of cost cuts.

Lavish Art Basel Paris Preview Draws Interest Under Shadow of Protests

The Avant-Première preview of the Art Basel Paris fair attracted major collectors despite an escalation of anti-government protests, riots and looting across French cities.

Don’t Delete Your Child’s Blurry Selfies. They Might Be Art.

An exhibition argues that juvenile photographic experiments can reveal unique perspectives worth saving — and even displaying.

Jenny Holzer Resurrects the Past to Lament the Present

Excerpts from archival letters and diaries were the basis for a number of the works in the American artist’s solo show at Paris’s Musée d’Orsay.

The Fight in Miami Beach Over Art Basel

After 18 months of negotiations and warnings that it might relocate to Nevada, the Art Basel fair will remain in Miami Beach through 2031.

The Man Who Taught Us How to Pay Attention

The works of the British art critic John Berger offer the antidote to our age of infinite scrolling.

Peter Nagy, Visionary Artist Turned Art Dealer, Dies at 66

After an early career in New York City, where he co-founded one of the first artist-run galleries, he fell in love with India and uprooted his life.

A Mona Lisa Etched Into Oklahoma’s Skies by a Pilot and His Plane

Benjamin McDaniel, known as the Pilot Picasso, has drawn some of the most elaborate designs in the sky: a world map, a “Lord of The Rings” homage and now, a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece.

Blurring the Line Between 3 Dimensions and 2

Torkwase Dyson’s latest paintings have a celestial depth that’s often reserved for sculpture.

She Signed Her Painting in 1548. Nearly 500 Years Later, It Finally Goes on Show.

Long overshadowed by her father and overlooked by historians, the 16th-century pioneer Catharina van Hemessen is now getting her due.

How the Billionaire Owner of Two Sports Teams Spends a Day Chasing Wins

Laurie M. Tisch, an owner of the New York Giants and Gotham F.C., spends her time on art, family and both kinds of football.

Kashmir’s Beauty and Violence Captured in an Exquisite MoMA Debut

With layered landscapes, patterns and poetry, Nilima Sheikh portrays the fractures and flash points of modern India.

As Big Money Flees London’s Art Scene, Young Galleries Sharpen Their Edge

Tax reforms and Paris’s rise have taken a toll. But low-budget, risk-taking dealers are still creating buzz at the Frieze London fair and beyond.

A Paris Museum That’s Wild and a ‘Little Weird’

Despite its provocative subject matter, the Museum of Hunting and Nature aims to be “a joyful cabinet of curiosities.”

Remembering a Marvelous Multitasker

At El Museo del Barrio, a survey of the art multitasker Teddy Sandoval and his fictional collective, the Butch Gardens School.

For Contemporary Art, the Large Center Is a Big Deal

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.

Rembrandts Never Seen in the U.S. Will Be at the Met

The exhibition, with paintings new to the United States, opens in November 2027. The Met’s Facade and Great Hall commissions go to Danh Vo and Sandra Mujinga.

Why Basketball Legends Are Coming to the Bronx

A charter school named for Earl Monroe is dedicating a new building, which features a basketball-and-book-themed mural.

An Argument Against White Paint No One Asked For

A meandering manifesto illustrates the challenges of building cultural criticism on big reading and decadent contrariness.

Scissor Hands

A new generation is putting a fresh — and sometimes subversive — spin on the ancient practice.

The Painter the Art World Loves to Forget

Artist, novelist, playwright, wrestler, fashion muse — the Rosalyn Drexler rediscovery is on (again).

When Your Roommate Runs a Gallery Out of the Living Room

Artists across Crown Heights, Ridgewood and beyond are following in the grand New York City tradition of apartment galleries.

Vibrant Paintings Filled with Spirals, Hearts and Rainbows

The Dominican American artist Eilen Itzel do Espírito Santo, who has a presentation at Frieze London, wants her works to “engulf” viewers.

France Loses More Precious Art With Theft of Dalí Book Cover

Three thieves broke into a private museum in central France and took off with a 330-pound book cover created by the surrealist master Salvador Dalí.

Sculptors Panic as Specialty Plaster Used in Artworks to Be Discontinued

Artists are scrambling for alternatives to Hydrocal plaster, a crucial component for making sculptures.

When Edward Hopper Painted Lonely People, He Was Channeling America

A new biography argues that the artist famous for haunting canvases of solitary figures in late-night diners was deeply influenced by his times.

Van Gogh Museum Says It Reached Funding Deal and Won’t Have to Close

In a yearslong dispute, the Amsterdam institution pressed the Dutch government for an increased annual subsidy to pay for what the museum said were vital renovations.

Why John Berger Still Matters to So Many Artists, Thinkers and Writers

A new biography and a flurry of reissues underline how the prolific author of “Ways of Seeing” continues to be read and embraced.

His Ode to N.Y.C.’s Magic Starts With Stained Glass

Overlooked No More: Eugenia Errázuriz, Who Opened Doors for Picasso

From an Intense Marriage, Pioneering Work

A Show Gives a Taste of What a U.S. Pavilion in Venice Might Have Been

Forget Quiet Luxury. In Ancient Rome, the Fashion Was Loud.

Art Gallery Shows to See in October

Trump Cuts and Orders Have Broad Impact on American Museums, Report Finds

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.

Delicate Creations and an Uncertain Future

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.

Readers Share Cultural Comforts That Got Them Through Their Grief

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 Draws Bigger Crowds, But With Fewer Foreign Visitors

The museum said it attracted more local visitors during the past year than it did before the pandemic, but only half the international visitors.

Africa Center Is Losing A Steady Force

Uzodinma Iweala, chief executive of the Harlem institution, will leave at the end of 2024 after guiding it through pandemic years and securing funds.

Audiences Are Back, More or Less

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.

Better, but Not Booming

After struggling with the Covid pandemic, the industry is now dealing with inflation, high interest rates and international conflicts.

Looking to the Fair World of 2024

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.

Creativity Runs on Time at Moynihan Train Hall

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.

Life on the Inside

In her new memoir, “The Light Room,” Kate Zambreno looks back on the unending togetherness of family life during the pandemic.

Africa Meets What’s Next In Venice

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.

Amid Catastrophe, Collective Strength

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

Also, Brazilians storm government offices and the Times investigates a 2021 Kabul airstrike.

The Louvre Limits Visitors by One-Third

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

Plus France just beat Morocco to advance to the World Cup finals.

Betting on Bigger

Projects all over the country include renovations and new wings as institutions continue to bet on bricks and mortar.

Cultural Tremors In San Francisco

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, 62, Artist Who Planted a Startling Kiss on Remains of Berlin Wall

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.

José Parlá Returns From the Edge

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 Auctions Still Generate Headline Prices

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.

Artists Create Spaces For Our Covid Grief

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

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.