The innovative architect was known for his sculptural designs, including the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. He passed away at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., on Friday.
Architects, artists, clients and partners assess his life and impact over eight decades.
Irrumpió en escena con una reforma de su casa del sur de California que llamó la atención, antes de pasar a diseñar algunos de los edificios más reconocibles del mundo.
A singular genius, Gehry redefined architecture with joyful buildings like the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
It was all gratitude for the prehistoric beasts that once roamed the earth at the American Museum of Natural History gala in New York.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services restored the funding after a federal court ruled that moves to dismantle the agency were unlawful.
He burst onto the scene with an attention-getting renovation of his Southern California home before going on to design some of the world’s most recognizable buildings.
A new $40-million exhibit, opening nine months after President Trump fired the chief archivist, uses technology to explore the 13 billion-plus items in its vaults.
Aviation buffs want to be sure that Marine Air Terminal, an Art Deco landmark, will be protected.
A series of milestones that happened for the first time during the past 12 months.
An exhibition reckons with the revived legacy of an immigrant artist who created ornate illuminations and scathing caricatures of Nazism and the horrors of the Holocaust.
History never feels out of reach in the capital of Saxony, lush with avant-garde art, restored Baroque architecture and one of Europe’s oldest Christmas markets.
From the must-see locations to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit.
Los estadounidenses de ascendencia japonesa ven paralelismos entre el encarcelamiento de sus familias por parte del gobierno durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la actual detención de latinos.
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Created by Aram Rappaport for his streaming service, the Network, the historical drama explores the tensions, sometimes deadly, between art and commerce.
As the season of Nutcrackers, Messiahs, Scrooges and Santas begins, here are some novel ways to enjoy the holidays, including a poetry weekend and a Coltrane tribute.
Here are some tips on navigating the largest Art Basel fair in the United States, which will bring together 283 galleries from around the world.
Art lovers call for the return of a shuttered carousel they say is the casualty of a boomtown razing its own visual heritage.
Japanese Americans are seeing parallels between the government’s incarceration of their families during World War II and the current detention of Latinos.
Según Jürgen Matthäus, investigador del Holocausto, el asesino era Jakobus Onnen, de 34 años, un antiguo profesor de la ciudad de Tichelwarf, cerca de la frontera alemana con los Países Bajos.
J.M.W. Turner and John Constable were fueled by competition, but united by a common wonder at nature’s beauty.
At least four works by a famous convicted forger have been discovered in Japan. Transparency about the mistakes, however, has sparked as much curiosity as scandal.
With the help of A.I., a historian has identified the killer in a 1941 image that defined the savagery of the Nazi regime.
From Jan. 14, visitors to the museum from outside the European Economic Area will pay 45 percent more for entry to help finance its ambitious renovation plan.
Stroll a 15-mile riverside promenade, eat street-style tacos and dance to Tejano and cumbia music in this big Texan city with a small-town feel.
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Ya sea en la campiña inglesa o en un bosque de Tailandia, el arte y la naturaleza van de la mano.
Endlessly energetic, the sculptor, who died last year, was often overshadowed by her famous husband, Robert Frank — but the Grey Art Museum brings her to the foreground.
Five destinations, whether in the English countryside or a forest in Thailand, where the work and nature go hand in hand.
A Paris prosecutor said two men and two women were arrested as part of an investigation into the robbery at the museum.
Este estudio, desconocido hasta ahora, fue descubierto en febrero por la especialista en dibujos de maestros antiguos de Christie’s en Nueva York.
The Renaissance artist painted more than 100 figures in the Sistine Chapel ceiling, yet studies for only a handful remain. Could this five-inch drawing at Christie’s be one?
The Phillips Collection sold three works and raised $13 million to buy contemporary art, but the decision has led to rancor within the 104-year-old institution.
Starting in the 1960s, he collaborated on the designs of classic toys like Mouse Trap, Toss Across and Mr. Machine.
Two weeks after dismissing its director and chief executive, Sasha Suda, the museum has named her replacement: Daniel H. Weiss. It also responded to a lawsuit brought by Suda.
In one of her very few interviews since the museum heist, Laurence des Cars said the plan would increase much-needed security, but critics say it is too focused on new construction.
The doubloons, dollars and denarii of the American Numismatic Society will leave their overlooked home in Manhattan for a more welcoming headquarters on the campus of the Toledo Museum of Art.
In “Artist’s Choice: Arthur Jafa,” the artist mines the museum’s vaults for an exhibition that gives new meaning to what he found there.
Her undulating looped-wire sculptures and drawings of flowers hint at personal depths, in a major retrospective at MoMA.
Eat at beloved bare-bones rib joints, pay pilgrimage to Elvis’s rhinestone-studded jumpsuits and tap into the new and nostalgic sounds of the city.
Even with arts funding at risk, some organizations are rejecting federal money because of censorship concerns.
From the must-see locations to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit.
In “The Butterfly Thief,” Walter Marsh tells the story of a notorious crime and its eccentric perpetrator.
With the passing of Leonard A. Lauder and Agnes Gund amid financial headwinds, arts organizations worry that the cultural megadonor may be a thing of the past.
President Trump is raising money far faster than his predecessors, extracting tens of millions of dollars in pledged donations from media companies he has sued.
Los “paleontólogos ciudadanos” pueden conservar los fósiles que descubran en los alrededores del mayor puerto de Europa. Lo único que les piden los profesionales es que se lo comuniquen.
The 18th-century painting, which the Met acquired in 2007, is believed to have been removed from a South Korean temple while it was controlled by the U.S. Army.
Varias personas que conocen al sospechoso lo describen como un hombre alegre, generoso y que había sido un piloto estrella del motocross.
The proposal, for a union to represent nearly 1,000 employees, would make the Met one of the largest unionized museums in the country.
By reducing the National Endowment for the Arts’s focus on avant-garde work, he eased conservative anger and won increased funding.
The Costume Institute is bringing its annual blockbuster show to a permanent home off the Grand Hall, due in part to Anna Wintour’s efforts to get “out of the basement.”
“Citizen paleontologists” can keep the fossils they uncover around Europe’s largest port. All the professionals ask is that those amateurs let them know.
He had been best known as a daring urban dirt-bike rider who had pulled off stunts at iconic sites in Paris, according to several friends.
Dozen of pieces used in a 1925 exhibition, including a whale-hunting kayak, will be returned to Canada early next month.
After a five-year hiatus, children were invited to spend the night at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City in October. They roamed the galleries, played games and slept under the blue whale.
After a five-year hiatus, the much-loved tradition of sleepovers at the American Museum of Natural History has returned.
The diamond-encrusted jewel, which the 19th-century French emperor wore on his hat, was lost along with other valuables as he retreated from his final battle.
The Studio Museum in Harlem’s longtime residency program has been pivotal to artists of color. Here, alumni look back on why it was so crucial to them.
The Museum of Modern Art’s annual film gala honored the writer and director, attracting a crowd that included Olivia Wilde, Bill Murray and David Letterman.
Government employees were expecting to see paychecks again as early as Nov. 20 after six weeks in limbo.
Lisette Model’s candid and cruel portraits spawned an American genre. But the key to understanding her might lie in Europe, where she was born.
The great Cuban modernist, whose politics and Afro-Asian roots shaped his paintings and inspired generations of artists, gets a revelatory survey at MoMA.
The 300,000-square-foot building will open Sept. 22 and showcase comic art, illustrations and more across 35 galleries. It began construction in 2018 but faced multiple delays.
Leiden, a city whose university is often called the Oxford of the Netherlands, features museums, gardens, murals and plenty of ways to stretch your mind.
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.
The Damascus museum theft set off an official investigation in what may be one of Syria’s largest losses of antiquities in recent years.
The photo of a dapper man in a fedora sparked many questions: Was the person real? A Sherlock Holmes-inspired detective on the case? Or just being very French?
The Studio Museum welcomed artists from all of its eras to celebrate its new space on West 125th Street.
Sasha Suda claims the museum did not have a valid reason for abruptly firing her last week from one of the most prominent jobs in the art world.
Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable.
Gen X celebrated its heroes at the ceremony, where Soundgarden and Salt-N-Pepa were honored alongside Chubby Checker, Bad Company, Joe Cocker and Warren Zevon.
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The newspaper once helped people recover valuable possessions that had gone missing.
A year and a half ago, a team of Times journalists had a simple ask: Look — really look — at a work of art for 10 minutes. The response has blown them away.
La exposición más esperada del museo son los 5500 objetos completos de la tumba del rey Tutankamón. Los egipcios dicen que ha llegado el momento de disfrutar de sus antigüedades más preciadas en casa.
The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is expanding its exploration of the country’s racial dynamics despite a surge of government resistance.
Joshua Citarella, the artist behind the podcast “Doomscroll” and the digital project Do Not Research, explains how online subcultures influence today’s politics.
The Museum of West African Art is poised to give Nigeria an institution of global significance, although its most hyped attractions won’t be there.
The government shutdown, now the country’s longest, is fueling a continued trend of declining tourism to Washington.
The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.
Broadway is almost back, and pop music tours and sports events are booming. But Hollywood, museums and other cultural sectors have yet to bounce back.
The museum, which faces a projected $10 million deficit, said it planned to cut more than a tenth of its employees and mount fewer exhibitions.
The society faced financial challenges that were exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Its nearly 600,000 items stretch back before the Gold Rush.
The museum said it attracted more local visitors during the past year than it did before the pandemic, but only half the international visitors.
Although attendance remains down from prepandemic levels, the city’s arts groups are having some success getting audiences to return.
Uzodinma Iweala, chief executive of the Harlem institution, will leave at the end of 2024 after guiding it through pandemic years and securing funds.
The pandemic was tough on city centers and cultural institutions. What does that mean for Los Angeles, whose downtown depends on the arts?
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.
A storm, a pandemic, and Black Puerto Rican history pervade his work at MoMA PS 1, with materials sourced from daily life.
Letters on display at a small museum in Brooklyn were sent to the same address in Queens as where the comic book hero lived.
With attendance surging back, the museum wants to offer “a moment of pleasure” — and relieve that Mona Lisa problem.
The tower, next to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, is doing something right; it's at 94 percent occupancy.
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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.
Denver has regained its prepandemic vibrancy, with a plethora of new restaurants and hotels, and the return of some old favorites.
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.”
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.