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A new museum in a converted gas station presents the work of one of the best-known artists of Weimar-era Germany.
A new museum in a converted gas station presents the work of one of the best-known artists of Weimar-era Germany.
A court near Pompeii has ordered the return of a treasured classical antiquity that was purchased by the Minneapolis Institute of Art almost four decades ago.
When “Woman-Ochre” goes on view at the Getty Museum after its conservation, the painting will have a new mystique. But competing interpretations remain.
The museum aims to create an arts and music destination in Pittsburgh, teach skills to young people and shore up its finances.
As climate change fuels grim discoveries across the West, Las Vegas is awash in bets on the identity of a suspected murder victim dumped in a barrel.
Los entusiastas de Broadway, los aficionados al arte y los amantes de la comida encontrarán nuevas propuestas en Times Square y sus alrededores y en los vecindarios cercanos a la calle 42, lo que anuncia la promesa de una recuperación animada.
At 65, the British artist based in New York is in the Whitney Biennial and on the Turner Prize shortlist. Her sculptures blend strange and common items to make sense of the world.
The museum named Colette Pierce Burnette president and chief executive. Last year, its president resigned after a job posting described the institution’s “core” audience as white.
The board of Montpelier, President James Madison’s Virginia estate, voted 11 new members to the board after months of disagreement.
The gift shop at the Metropolitan Museum of Art will showcase a number of items made by artisans from Islamic countries.
Bijayini Satpathy, a MetLiveArts artist in residence, pushed the borders of her Odissi classicism to meet the art around her.
The Florida governor, who signed the law that opponents call “Don’t Say Gay,” was to speak at a conservative event at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
The Florida governor received a last-minute invitation to appear at a conference at a prominent Jewish museum in New York City. Then the whole thing fell apart.
On the occasion of his inspiring solo debut at the Wellin Museum, he talks about Black labor, migration — and the family he recently discovered.
Because of strong demand, young artists’ typically long journey to the world stages has been accelerated.
The museum and the family have agreed to rename an educational center. The National Gallery in London is also removing the Sackler name from its walls.
For his latest project, the architect and artist has created an installation out of LEDs and balloonlike forms that will adorn the Aspen Art Museum’s facade.
At Christie’s sale for charity, the glamorous silk-screen beat out Basquiat’s skull painting that had set a record in 2017.
The artist Steve Marcus will display his collection of hot dog art, alongside his own work, through Nov. 6.
This week’s strongest outfits from the Central Park hat luncheon, the Prince’s Trust gala and the Noguchi Museum honoring Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Dutch still life paintings like this one do more than depict luxurious objects. They narrate history on a global scale.
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine grinds on, a museum director in Ukraine’s cultural capital is turning to art as a form of resistance.
Nine film directors, from Scorsese to Regina King to Chloé Zhao, team up with curators at the Met to reframe our country’s history of design.
From “anti-monuments” to ephemeral sand portraits, four art exhibitions encourage viewers to slow down and take stock of our pandemic losses.
Our critic’s favorite spots to see new releases (with a cocktail in hand), international revivals and cult classics on 70-millimeter film.
Keeping cultured on the cheap is easy if you know where and when to go in this city.
Want to see a comedy show, or drop in on a film series? Do you need kid-friendly event? Our critics offer their favorite picks.
The New Art Dealers Alliance brings together more than 120 galleries and nonprofit organizations from 37 cities.
Its oldest gallery, Northwest Coast Hall, reopens May 13 with rare cultural objects and a fresh emphasis on the lives of Indigenous people who made them.
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.
A new space in Tulsa, Okla., built to display Dylan’s vast archive, celebrates one of the world’s most elusive creators, and gives visitors a close-up look at notebooks and fan mail.
The Kimbell Art Museum in Texas is revealed to be the buyer of “Basket of Wild Strawberries,” at auction. The Louvre has been working to name it a national treasure.
Sheena Wagstaff revitalized the Met’s modern and contemporary art department and staked her legacy on experiments like the Met Breuer.
The country singer had objected to being included, but will join a class that includes Carly Simon, Duran Duran and others from across genres.
The institution’s leaders hope other cultural centers will follow its lead. It has already announced plans to return most of its collection of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria under the new policy.
The annual fashion extravaganza happens tonight, with tickets priced at $35,000 and invitations required.
After four museums postponed a major exhibition over concerns about Klan imagery in some paintings, the show is opening in Boston. But the debate continues.
According to Ukrainian officials, Russian soldiers, aided by a mysterious expert, broke into a museum and spirited away priceless artifacts from the Scythian empire.
The objects in the painting are brought together in a spectacular show at the Museum of Modern Art. It’s a marvel of detective work by the curators.
Researchers described Annakacygna, a family of flightless ancient swans that were filter-feeders.
The long-delayed survey, now wrapped in the equivalent of caution tape, opens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It’s been a learning-curve climb for four venues.
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience in New York City.
What is the dress code? Who gets to go? How much does it cost?
El Museo del Barrio is presenting a retrospective of Raphael Montañez Ortiz’s works to honor the 88-year-old artist and reinforce the institution’s roots.
The International Center of Photography, now on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, recognizes William Klein, 94, by turning over its entire space to his work.
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum looks back at a 1971 exhibition devoted to women and puts their work in conversation with emerging feminist artists.
Though the state’s east coast museums have long grabbed headlines, transplants from across the U.S., and their money, are also having an impact on its Gulf Coast.
Cultural institutions, looking for ways to draw visitors, are offering activities on their grounds — and beyond.
Often one-person operations, museum podcasts draw in listeners close to home and in faraway places.
Ukrainian museums and institutions across the United States are presenting myriad exhibitions, some dealing with the war and others celebrating culture.
A retrospective, performance piece and projected video, all by Nick Cave, will be on display.
Curators at major museums are increasingly grappling with a thorny topic: restitution.
In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, business-as-usual gets a rethink.
Marisol, a Warhol contemporary who was one of the most compelling artists in 1960s New York, is getting renewed attention in a Miami exhibition.
Arising from one man’s collection, the Ogden Museum strives to serve a broad audience while showing that Southern art is not merely regional.
A partnership between the artist’s foundation and two museums will enable much of his art to be viewed for the first time.
In growing urban areas like Austin, Texas; Denver; and Raleigh, N.C., regional museums are rolling out the welcome mat.
The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego has undergone multiple renovations in its 80-plus years. This spring it has opened after yet another.
A renowned photographer who hopes to persuade humans to love their insect brethren has teamed with scientists on a new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History.
The Bronx Museum of the Arts celebrates a major anniversary with plans for expansion that will include a restaurant, a boutique and enhanced public spaces.
A show at the Broad explores an artist’s efforts to confront the ills of society, and his own anxiety.
The National Portrait Gallery is embracing live performance to highlight American stories missing from its halls.
The Manhattan museum’s first poet in residence plans to fill the space with “poem signs,” panels, interactive experiences and pop-up readings.
Masters like Cézanne, Matisse and Georgia O’Keeffe are on display across the country, as well as contemporary artists.
It’s a smaller version of the giant painting at the Met in New York, and it hung in the White House for years. Christie’s thinks it could sell for at least $15 million next month.
Bosco Sodi’s new museum in New York’s Catskill Mountains will feature artists from around the world and perhaps add some glimmer to a place that time has frayed.
A program produced by the Museum of Food and Drink in New York will hold a talk and play clips from a 2021 documentary.
A miniature book by the 13-year-old Charlotte Brontë, containing perhaps her last unseen poems, has been purchased by a charity and will be donated to the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
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This austere work by Jasper Johns doesn’t seem to invite much of a close read. But its cool surface belies a depth of feeling, which shows us all the power of artistic restraint.
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Al aumentar las temperaturas globales, los glaciares y el permafrost se derriten y erosionan rápidamente, liberando antiguos restos animales y artefactos humanos.
Selections from the current Weekend section, including a review of “Succession.”
Broadway is back and so too are the Tony Awards. Here’s more on the ceremony and other recommendations for the weekend.
The graphic designer Milton Glaser died one year ago on Saturday.
The storage facility of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, in the unlikely enclave of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is a treasure trove of iconic objects.
With the help of gallery owners, patrons, collectors and artists, T explores some of the complications behind an obvious question.
Sotheby’s announced last month that it would auction a “lost library” of English literature, including a rare cache of Brontë material. Take a look at some of the rarities.
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How a crisis can help us rethink space and reimagine the future.
Crosscurrents of religion and culture shaped this stunningly detailed portrait of the 17th-century Mughal emperor who built the Taj Mahal.
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Months ago, our architecture critic invited a few people to suggest modest strolls around places meaningful to them. Here’s where they went.
A recent finding of fault with a Restitution Commissions panel had led the heirs to hope that the court might find for them and return the painting.
Wander down Doyers Street and then discover the monuments, parks and restaurants that have shaped the neighborhood for 150 years.
How Benjamin West remade a bloody battle as a founding romance.
How can you get your cultural fix when many arts institutions remain closed? Our writers offer suggestions for what to listen to and watch, and a reason to take a stroll in Lower Manhattan.
As cultural institutions across Europe reopen, many are selling face coverings featuring their artworks or logos as a way of making some much-needed income.
History, experiences and more at the Audrain Automobile Museum and the Newport Car Museum.
I’ve become obsessed with Thomas Eakins’s “The Gross Clinic.” Let me show you why.
A consideration of artworks that ask the question: What world will we find on the other side of this?
The new pieces will be unveiled upon the completion of a $450 million redevelopment plan, which broke ground in 2012.
The name change was announced on Wednesday. The museum’s director said the decision was an essential part of updating its identity and attracting new visitors.
A beauty, a beast, a witch and a banana were among those taking part in free Halloween weddings at the Burlington County Prison Museum in New Jersey.
Artists look to the past, think about historical points of reference and reframe them for the contemporary moment.
The Nubians of ancient Sudan left behind artwork as fine as the Egyptians’. Now it’s on view at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Our critic spent 30 minutes looking — or trying to look — at “Starry Night.” It wasn’t easy.
The blind spots and new possibilities of the technologies we love (and hate).
He departed from the pristine monoliths spawned by followers of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, challenging the idea that they defined Chicago architecture.
A two-phase project is expected to begin in January 2020. When it’s complete, visitors will have access to Isamu Noguchi’s studio at an expanded campus.
Monday: Shuttered in 1945, the station has remained largely off limits to the public and has been all but lost to generations of subway riders.
Courtney J. Martin will direct the Yale Center for British Art, the museum and research institution housed in a renowned Louis Kahn building.
Roberta Smith revisits the groundbreaking exhibition through one standout work. You’ll want to see it in person before the show closes on April 23.
With storage spaces filled with works that may never be shown, some museums are rethinking the way they collect art, and at least one is ranking what it owns.