LACMA Opens the Doors to Its New Building
Arts, Today
The museum invited the public for a preview of its new David Geffen Galleries spanning Wilshire Boulevard — before the art moves in next year.
Henry Taylor’s Mentor Was the Art World’s Bruce Lee
Arts, Today
The encouraging kicks of a star teacher (James Jarvaise) and his star pupil (Henry Taylor) are on view at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles.
She Joined the Family Business, but She Hasn’t Given Up Her Art
Real Estate, Today
Zoe Elghanayan, a principal and senior vice president at her family’s real estate company, TF Cornerstone, has added art curator to her job description.
France Opens Competition to Expand Overcrowded Louvre
Arts, Yesterday
Architects are being asked to submit proposals for a new entrance for the world’s most visited museum — and to create a new exhibition space for the Mona Lisa.
The Brazilian Artist Who Listens to Minerals
Arts, Yesterday
At SculptureCenter in Queens, Luana Vitra’s show “Amulets” draws you in with its beauty. Then it drives home the tragic underpinnings of mining.
Un incidente en la Uffizi aviva el temor por las selfis en los museos europeos
En español, June 26
El daño causado a una pintura centenaria en el museo italiano fue solo uno de los muchos incidentes turísticos que han generado indignación en el continente.
At the Cloisters, Percussion and Dance Move Through Medieval Spaces
Arts, June 26
Michael Gordon’s site-specific “The Forest of Metal Objects” surrounds precious art and architecture with the music of chains and flower pots.
36 Hours in Istanbul
Interactive, June 26
In Istanbul, a center of culture, commerce and power for more than 2,000 years, the past never feels distant. Yet contemporary culture thrives here.
The Artist Risham Syed Takes a Bird’s-Eye View of Colonialism
Arts, June 26
In the face of several high-stakes challenges, Syed’s debut U.S. show opened at the Newark Museum and showed how beauty can deceive across two continents.
The Artist Who Bends Photography Into Many Shapes
Arts, June 26
Kunié Sugiura’s first American retrospective, at SFMOMA, follows a long career full of experimentation.
A Photo Gone Wrong in the Uffizi Worries Europe’s Museums
World, June 26
The damage to a centuries-old painting in the Italian museum was just one of many tourist incidents raising ire on the continent.
Artists, Architecture, Beaches. This French Town Has it All, Except Crowds.
Travel, June 25
Perched above the Mediterranean on the Cote d’Azur, medieval Hyères was once home to a who’s who of Modernists, and inspires return visits.
Sketched Out: An Illustrator Confronts His Fears About A.I. Art
Interactive, June 23
The advent of A.I. has shocked me into questioning my relationship with art. Will humans still be able to draw for a living?
6,000 Pounds of Sculpture Are Stolen, Somehow
Arts, June 23
Two massive works were heisted from a warehouse, then found a week later in a trailer, the authorities said.
Arnaldo Pomodoro, 98, Sculptor of Monumental Fractured Spheres, Dies
Arts, June 23
His bronze works — smooth-skinned orbs slashed to reveal complex cores — are in public places around the world, including outside the U.N. headquarters and in Vatican City.
The Best Art Shows of 2025, So Far
Arts, June 23
Our critics pick 11 outstanding exhibitions — many still on view this summer —and tour the renewed Frick Collection and the Met’s Michael C. Rockefeller Wing.
A Heavy Lift, Even for an Unflappable Facilities Director
Times Insider, June 22
A 9,400-pound granite frieze was commissioned for The New York Times in 1930 and rests in its third home.
A Retelling of the Mahabharata, Set to Modern-Day Struggles
Theater, June 21
At Lincoln Center, the Toronto-based theater company Why Not strives to balance the old and new in its production of the Sanskrit epic.
Politics Looms Over the World’s Biggest Contemporary Art Fair
Arts, June 20
At this year’s edition of Art Basel, European arts leaders worried about tariffs, whether to loan their art and if they needed to re-evaluate their relationships with American institutions.
Julia Margaret Cameron, Portraitist Who Broke the Rules
Arts, June 19
Starting her career at 48, she bent a new art form to challenge the conventions of studio photography.
When van Gogh Fled South, This Family Gave Him Purpose
Arts, June 19
An exhibition in Boston celebrates the little known Roulins of Arles, a family that tempered the artist’s depressions and sat for indelible portraits.
Is Contemporary Art’s Most Important Fair Losing Its Luster?
Arts, June 18
The Swiss edition of Art Basel was once a must-attend art world event. Now it faces formidable challenges — including from its own Paris offshoot.
Leonard Lauder, a Consummate New Yorker
New York, June 18
Lauder, who died last week, was an executive, a philanthropist and an art collector. He was also a devoted advocate for New York City.
The Color Black Dazzles in Raymond Saunders Retrospective
Arts, June 18
In his largest ever American institutional show, at the Carnegie Museum of Art, the nonagenarian painter is an unparalleled master of black.
Unos turistas rompieron una silla inspirada en Van Gogh en un museo italiano
En español, June 17
Vinieron. Se sentaron. Se fueron.
Couple Flees Museum After Breaking Crystal-Covered Chair
Video, June 17
A couple visiting the Palazzo Maffei museum were posing for photos pretending to sit on Nicola Bolla’s “Van Gogh” chair, when the man accidentally sat down on the artwork, smashing it.
Visitors Break Crystal Chair in Sit-and-Run at Italian Museum
World, June 17
They came. They sat. They left.
Louvre Staff’s Work Stoppage Shutters Museum for Hours
Arts, June 16
Visitors were left stranded outside in Paris on Monday after a monthly union meeting led to a wildcat strike over workplace conditions and crowding.
Crowning New York’s Top ‘Pigeon’
Arts, June 16
Thousands of people gathered on the High Line on Saturday for Pigeon Fest, inspired by an artist’s sculpture and an appreciation for the city’s most resilient birds.
Toymakers Team Up With Artists for Tariff-Proof Toys
Business, June 16
Seeking adult fans with money to spend, companies like Mattel and Lego are working with artists to make exclusive — and expensive — versions of their products.
Leonard A. Lauder, Philanthropist and Cosmetics Heir, Dies at 92
Business, June 15
He was best known for his success in business, notably the international beauty company he built with his mother, Estée Lauder. But he was also an influential art patron.
Joel Shapiro, Celebrated Post-Minimalist Sculptor, Dies at 83
Arts, June 15
His stick-figure sculptures conveyed a surprising depth of emotion, hinting at the threat of imbalance. He also produced more than 30 large-scale commissions.
2 Men Are Sentenced in Theft of Golden Toilet
World, June 14
The men were sentenced to two to four years for their roles in the 2019 theft of an 18-carat artwork at Winston Churchill’s ancestral home.
150 Years of Scribbles at the Art Students League
Arts, June 14
Long a center of artistic development for New Yorkers big and small, the League celebrates its sesquicentenary this year with a dream-themed ball.
A Decade of Bruising Labor. A 6-Mile Work of Land Art.
Arts, June 14
Andy Goldsworthy, the British land artist, said he may never make a work like “Hanging Stones” again.
The ’70s Performance Artist Who Became a Hero to ‘Garbage Men’
New York, June 14
A new documentary explores the life and work of Mierle Laderman Ukeles, who compared the indignities suffered by women to those endured by sanitation workers, forced to clean up messes they didn’t make.
Dara Birnbaum, 78, Dies; Video Was Her Medium and Her Message
Arts, June 13
As early as the 1970s, she demonstrated that mass media was fair game as artistic material, and that its power could be turned against itself.
A Launch Party for Hosh, and a Celebration of Native American Culture
Style, June 13
The lifestyle brand brought artists, models and performers together at a downtown Manhattan event that included creating art on the spot.
Graham Gund, Playful Architect Who Mixed Past and Present, Dies at 84
Arts, June 13
A noted art collector as well as a designer, he brought a personal, history-minded approach to his work around Boston and on college campuses.
Is Biography the One A.I.-Proof Genre?
Magazine, June 13
Each age has its own way of drawing the arc of a human life. Ours is concerned with its unpredictability.
Stolen From Buddhist Monks, Sacred Painting Is Returned by Chicago Museum
Arts, June 13
Korean officials discovered the painting in the Smart Museum’s collection at the University of Chicago. It was stolen from a temple nearly 35 years ago.
Diane Arbus, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Arts, June 12
How do you show 450 Arbus photos? In a maze of an exhibit at the Park Avenue Armory. Our critic suggests taking them on one at a time.
Documenting Life on Both Sides of the South African Color Line
Arts, June 12
David Goldblatt photographed the societal warping that apartheid inflicted, drawn to “the quiet and commonplace where nothing ‘happened’ and yet all was contained.”
The Thrilling Evidence of Jane Austen’s Imagination
Arts, June 11
Spirited (and gossipy) letters and manuscripts at the Morgan Library and Museum puncture myths about the writer’s rise to literary fame.
A Gem of Himalayan Art Gleams in a New Setting
Arts, June 11
The Rubin Museum Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room is reopening at the Brooklyn Museum, where it features both familiar treasures and some not seen in 10 years.
Pierre Huyghe’s Bracing Dark Mirror of A.I. Has Its U.S. Debut
Arts, June 10
The lauded French artist’s A.I.-generated videos, on view at the Marian Goodman Gallery, portray a human-machine connection through otherworldly imagery.
Derrick Adams Wants His Art to Be Fun
Interactive, June 9
“I believe that Black people should be able to experience the joy and the pleasure and the normalcy of walking into a museum and seeing art and feeling uplifted.”
William Kentridge Reflects on What It Means to Be a South African Artist
Interactive, June 9
“I think my experience of South Africa has been that one has to keep an optimism and a pessimism together, and neither by itself is accurate.”
Howardena Pindell Is Still Breaking Down Barriers for Black Artists
Interactive, June 9
“All the whiteness was getting on my nerves.”
For Lisa Yuskavage, Painting Was ‘Pulling a Pin Out of a Grenade’
Interactive, June 9
“I was a young female. I wanted to paint young females. And I was being told that I was never going to have a career if I did that.”
How to Be an Artist
Interactive, June 9
Four major artists talk to us about where their obsessions came from — and what they did about the obstacles thrown in their way.
In Paris, 3 Troves of Art and Curios Even the Parisians Don’t Know About
Travel, June 9
In this city of endless museums and galleries, here are some sequestered collections filled with rarities.
Trump Cuts Leave Few Caretakers for a Massive Federal Art Collection
Arts, June 8
The shrunken staff remains responsible for the 26,000 artworks entrusted to the General Services Administration that are housed in hundreds of buildings around the country.
Jillian Sackler, Philanthropist Who Defended Husband’s Legacy, Dies at 84
Arts, June 6
Though the Sackler name was tarnished over Purdue Pharma’s role in the opioid crisis, Arthur Sackler’s should not be, she insisted; a company founder, he died well before the trouble began.
Bienvenidos al Reto de la creatividad de 5 días
Interactive, June 6
Hoy proponemos una forma divertida de sentirte menos bloqueado.
Barbara Gladstone’s Chelsea Rowhouse Is Listed for $11.995 Million
Real Estate, June 6
Ms. Gladstone, who ran one of the New York City’s largest contemporary art galleries, died last year. Her friend, the architect Annabelle Selldorf, helped her renovate the home.
In Wes Anderson’s New Movie, Real Masterpieces Get a Starring Role
Movies, June 6
Paintings by Magritte and others were borrowed for “The Phoenician Scheme.” Safeguarding them amid the hot lights and chaos of a film set was challenging.
La eterna fascinación de Madrid con el mar
En español, June 6
El papel de la capital española como antiguo centro de un reino marítimo inmenso la ha vinculado eternamente al mar de múltiples maneras.
What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in June
Arts, June 5
This week in Newly Reviewed, Martha Schwendener covers Aleksandar Duravcevic’s meditations, R.H. Quaytman’s veins of color and Cosey Fanni Tutti’s provocations.
Lorna Simpson: Painting as a Weapon of Freedom
Arts, June 5
In a small but haunting survey at the Met, a celebrated conceptual artist shifts gears, with meteoric results.
What to Do in New York City in June
Arts, June 5
Looking for something to do in New York? There’s much to celebrate: comedy in and around Union Square, outdoor music in Queens and a garden’s birthday in the Bronx.
36 Hours in Detroit
Interactive, June 5
The city that brought us automobiles and Motown has seen tough times. But Detroit always rises again.
Punk, Monet and Puerto Rico: New Photography From Elle Pérez
Arts, June 5
Her show at the American Academy of Arts and Letters highlights the delicate art of refusing to play the game of identity politics.
Orien McNeill, Artist Who Made Mischief on the Water, Dies at 46
Arts, June 4
He was the pied piper of a loose community of DIY artists homesteading on New York City’s waterways, which he used as his canvas and stage.
A Black Brazilian Artist Who Wields Poetry and Persistence
Arts, June 4
Allegorical forest creatures meet ethnographic archives in Rosana Paulino’s art — influential in Brazil, and now on view in New York.
Ready for Their Reboot: How Galleries Plumb Art History’s Forgotten Talent
Arts, June 4
Call it the ‘‘rediscovery industrial complex”: Art advisers and dealers are turning to the past to discover tomorrow’s blue-chip stars.
La Casa Blanca da a conocer un nuevo retrato presidencial de Donald Trump
En español, June 4
El retrato oficial, publicado el lunes por la Casa Blanca, muestra a un Trump sombrío sobre un fondo oscuro.
It’s President Trump Again, This Time in Full Frame
Arts, June 4
The official photograph of the president’s second term has the gloss of his 1980s architecture, but its A.I.-like haze is pure 2025.
Can Embracing Punk Save Gen Z — and Our Flailing Country?
Opinion, June 4
As a “punk, queer grandpa,” John Cameron Mitchell thinks so.
Adrien Brody Feels for the Rats
Arts, June 4
In his first art exhibition in nearly a decade, the actor and painter draws from the frenetic energy of his youth, and from the empathy of his mother, the photographer Sylvia Plachy.
Who Cares If Madrid is Landlocked? The Maritime Vibe is Everywhere.
Travel, June 4
The capital of Spain may not be on the coast, but that doesn’t keep it from celebrating its ties to the sea with museums, fountains, the occasional massive anchor and even the city’s favorite sandwich.
White House Unveils a New, Darker Presidential Portrait
U.S., June 3
The official portrait, released on Monday by the White House, features a somber Mr. Trump against a dark backdrop.
For the Artist Sam Moyer, Inspiration Was Set in Stone
Arts, June 3
“She is one of the masters of playing with materials in our moment,” a curator said of Moyer, who has made glass look like brick and fabric look like rock.
Whitney Museum Suspends Program After Dispute Over Gaza Event
Arts, June 2
A prestigious study program will not welcome students next academic year after a clash between museum officials and young artists who said they were censored.
When Robert Rauschenberg Found a Home in Dance
Arts, June 2
A Trisha Brown company tour recalls a time when Rauschenberg, one of the country’s most influential artists, was changing and being changed by American dance.
10-Minute Challenge: A Surrealist Scene by Gertrude Abercrombie
Interactive, June 1
We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted.
Vimos ‘Misión imposible’ con un exespía
En español, June 1
El director ejecutivo del Museo Internacional del Espía de Washington nos cuenta en qué acierta y en qué se equivoca Tom Cruise en la franquicia.
The Billionaire Behind Japan’s Art Islands Has One Final Jewel in His Crown
Arts, May 31
Benesse Art Site Naoshima, a sprawling art constellation on three islands, adds a 10th museum by the star architect Tadao Ando that caps the cultural quest of Soichiro Fukutake.
Four Generations of Quilts Come Out of the Family ‘Treasure Chest’
Arts, May 31
The work of the African American quilters Laverne Brackens and Sherry Byrd, who continue the thread of the family tradition, will be on view at the Berkeley Art Museum.
Trump Says He Fired Director of National Portrait Gallery, Citing D.E.I.
Arts, May 30
Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian museum for more than 12 years, has tried to bring in more contemporary artists.
At a Legendary Manhattan Townhouse, a Party With Great Art and Great Shoes
T Magazine, May 30
The founder of the footwear brand Le Monde Béryl hosted a 100-plus-person gathering at her artist sister’s home in Harlem.
We Watched ‘Mission: Impossible’ With a Former Spy
Arts, May 30
Being a spy is like watching paint dry. And they don’t have to be in the best shape. The tooth capsule thing? Real. A former spy tells us what Tom Cruise gets right and wrong in the franchise.
When the Met Renovated, It Listened to Villagers 9,000 Miles Away
Arts, May 30
The Ceremonial House Ceiling, a map of mythical knowledge, had hung a particular way over the Rockefeller Wing for decades. Then the Kwoma people of Papua New Guinea had their say.
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.