ICA Boston Names Its Next Director
Culture, Yesterday
Nora Burnett Abrams, the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, will take over from Jill Medvedow in the spring.
Magritte, Master of Surrealism, Joins the $100 Million Dollar Club
Culture, Yesterday
Move over, Picasso, van Gogh and Warhol. With an inscrutable painting, the Belgian painter breaks a nine-figure threshold at Christie’s fall auction.
They Taught A.I. to Sing, and It Was Beautiful
Culture, November 19
Holly Herndon and Matt Dryhurst are presenting their first large-scale solo museum show. It sounds gorgeous, even if its visual elements are lacking.
Robert Frank, a Filmmaker Who Never Stopped Changing
Weekend, November 19
The photographer renounced his first career to focus on filmmaking. Starting Wednesday, the Museum of Modern Art will stage a cinema retrospective of his uncompromising search for the real.
Kacey Musgraves’s Nashville
Travel, November 19
The country singer and songwriter, up for five Grammy Awards this year, including best country album, recommends spots in her adopted home.
‘No Use for Hatred’: A Village Seeks to Move On From a U.S. Massacre
Foreign, November 17
The hamlet of My Lai is infamous for American war crimes, but now it holds lessons in resilience and how to let go of anger.
The Biggest Surprise at the Met’s Egypt Show? Live Performance
Arts & Leisure, November 16
Black artists have long claimed ancient Egypt as their own. Now they’re telling their stories in person on the museum’s floor.
The Prado, Renowned for Its Art, Tries a New Role: Muse to Authors
Books, November 16
Spain’s most storied museum has been inviting writers, including Nobel laureates, to live nearby and take inspiration from its paintings.
Activists Sent to Prison for Pouring Powder Over Case Holding U.S. Constitution
Express, November 15
One climate activist was sentenced to 18 months in prison, the other to two years. They said that they had meant to draw attention to climate change.
In ‘Tell It Anyway,’ Freedom Is Power
Culture, November 15
This Ralph Lemon work, part of a MoMA PS1 exhibition, is an experience of sound as much as dance. His collaborators can lead an audience to ecstasy.
A Tiny Gladiator Uncovered in England Tells of the Reach of Roman Celebrity
Foreign, November 15
A 2,000-year-old copper knife handle depicting a gladiator will go on display at Hadrian’s Wall, in the north of England, next year.
‘The Clock’ Revisits New York. Is It Still of Our Time?
Culture, November 15
Christian Marclay’s 24-hour film — and a century of cinema history — is on view at the Museum of Modern Art, returning after more than a decade.
At the Met, Black Artists Salute an Enduring Affinity With Egypt
Weekend, November 15
A shimmering dream on the Nile has inspired creativity from the Harlem Renaissance to Kara Walker to Beyoncé. But how much can you play with the past?
Girl’s Remains From a 1985 Bombing Are Found in Philadelphia
Express, November 14
They are believed to be from a 12-year-old who was among 11 people killed during a police-led confrontation with the anti-government group MOVE.
Math Museum Announces Move to New Location
Culture, November 14
The National Museum of Mathematics in New York is expected to open a 34,363-square-foot building in 2026.
36 Hours in Atlanta
Interactive, November 14
This Southern hub of creativity, nightlife and civil rights history is showing it has an outdoorsy side too, with the Beltline, a popular biking and walking path.
How the Mideast War Has Shaken America’s Cultural Institutions
Culture, November 14
In the last year, museums, book festivals, arts journals and other organizations have experienced bitter discord over what qualifies as tolerable speech about the conflict and its combatants.
The British Museum Gets a Giant Gift: $1.27 Billion of Chinese Ceramics
Culture, November 13
Sir Percival David’s collection, amassed in the early 1900s, includes prized vases and wine cups. “You simply couldn’t build up a collection like this today,” one expert said.
Their Pissarro Is Staying in Germany, but Their Story Is Getting Out
Culture, November 13
A woman whose family had to sell a painting in the Holocaust and a museum have struck a deal. The museum will keep the work but will help to publish a book telling the family’s story.
With 10,000 Pebbles and Poker Cards, This Artist Takes on the Prison System
Weekend, November 13
Jesse Krimes solos in two New York shows, at the Metropolitan Museum and the Jack Shainman Gallery.
Who Has the Best View of the Chrysler Building? These Bees.
Metropolitan, November 11
On and around some of New York City’s most iconic buildings, beehives are buzzing.
Low-Profile Donor Makes Big Impact on Los Angeles Arts Groups
Culture, November 9
With recent major gifts to several cultural institutions, Jarl Mohn is emerging as an important West Coast philanthropist.
This Taiwanese Calligrapher Brings a Message of Freedom to the Met
Arts & Leisure, November 9
Tong Yang-Tze is reviving an ancient but disappearing practice and making it contemporary — writ large.
An Early Flight Simulator Helped Pilots Learn the Ropes
Metro, November 8
In a new museum on Long Island, you can see a simulator that began as an amusement-park ride.
A Violinist on a Mission to Capture America, Division and All
Culture, November 7
Johnny Gandelsman has commissioned 28 pieces for his project “This Is America,” which explores themes of love, hope, inequality and injustice.
What Trenton Doyle Hancock Learned From Philip Guston
Weekend, November 7
The Jewish Museum pairs the Texas artist with a 20th-century master. Together they confront racism with horror — and humor.
Art Deco’s Bad Girl, Still Ahead of Her Time
Weekend, November 7
Tamara de Lempicka’s first major U.S. survey invokes her as a trailblazing techno-feminist who borrowed freely from art history. But it also buries her erratic second act.
From Museum Guard to Memoirist, and Now the Play’s His Thing
Culture, November 4
With Patrick Bringley’s “All the Beauty in the World” now in its 10th printing, he’s debuting in two new roles: playwright and actor.
Un ave del terror en un desierto colombiano
En español, November 4
En Colombia, un ganadero recolector de fósiles ha encontrado un gigantesco asesino no volador de hace 13 millones de años, un ejemplar que ayuda a completar la historia evolutiva de la región.
Where There’s Joy in a Terror Bird
Science, November 4
In Colombia, a fossil-collecting rancher has found a giant, flightless killer from 13 million years ago — and a missing link to the region’s evolutionary history.
Charli XCX, Leonardo DiCaprio and Colman Domingo Turn Out for the LACMA Gala
Styles, November 4
Hollywood stars mingled with artists for a benefit honoring the artist Simone Leigh and the filmmaker Baz Luhrmann.
Exhale Through the Gift Shop
Science, November 2
Museums are adding scents as another tool for communicating information about science and other subjects in their exhibits.
聆听近200年后首度现世的肖邦圆舞曲
Arts, November 1
今年春天，曼哈顿摩根博物馆内发现了一篇乐谱，经过专家鉴定，这是浪漫主义“钢琴诗人”肖邦创作的的圆舞曲，此前从未为人所知。钢琴家郎朗演奏了这首乐曲。
Investigators Say a High-Profile Dealer Trafficked 2,000 Looted Artifacts
Culture, October 31
In an arrest warrant for Edoardo Almagià, a Princeton-educated antiquities dealer, the Manhattan district attorney’s office detailed what it described as decades of illicit transactions.
An Artist Who Chronicles the ‘Doom Generation’
T Style, October 31
The artist Paul P. is a painter whose power comes from representing a scarcely documented, in-between generation of queer life.
36 Hours in Lyon, France
Interactive, October 31
Dine in rustic restaurants, ride a funicular for panoramic views and hunt for treasures at a sprawling flea market in France’s third-largest city.
Zombies Are Real? A Museum Tries to Bury a Hollywood Myth.
Culture, October 30
The undead monsters we know from movies and TV are distortions of a figure with roots in the religious practices of Haiti.
An Artist, Her Benefactor and a Murder at a Hamptons Resort
Metro, October 30
The owner of a tile company funded Sabina Khorramdel’s life of travel and creation. After she was found slain, his body was discovered at his Pennsylvania home.
Renovated Frick to Reopen in April 2025
Culture, October 30
After being closed since 2020 at its Gilded Age mansion on Fifth Avenue, the museum will welcome visitors with a new Vermeer show.
Brooklyn’s Strivers and Those a Museum Spurned
Culture, October 30
Two surveys of hometown artists — one at the Brooklyn Museum, another of those it snubbed — serve as a meditation on recognition and rejection.
Solange Knowles, Danny Meyer and Darren Walker Honor the Studio Museum in Harlem
Styles, October 29
Artists, business executives and museum leaders turned out for the annual benefit, which raised more than $3.7 million for the museum.
A Dying Artist Left His Legacy to MoMA. Today He’s Almost Forgotten.
Culture, October 29
Scott Burton, one of America’s leading sculptors, entrusted his estate to the museum in 1989, when he was sick with AIDS, to ensure his place in art history. It turned out to be a bad idea.
Stepping Into a Hidden World in the Everglades
Travel, October 29
“Tree islands” deep in a sea of grass once helped Native Americans elude capture by U.S. troops. A tour of these refuges reveals a rich culture and a new risk: rising water.
Ford Foundation Gives $10 Million to Studio Museum in Harlem
Culture, October 29
The grant will support the museum’s director and chief curator, a position held for the last 20 years by Thelma Golden.
‘Dahomey’ Celebrated Looted Art’s Return. What Happened Next?
Culture, October 28
Since the documentary’s cameras stopped rolling, plans for a new museum to showcase the treasures have stalled, and the artifacts are once again off limits to the public in Benin.
Clark Art Institute Receives ‘Princely’ Collection of European Treasures
Culture, October 28
The Berkshires museum is getting a transformative gift: 331 artworks from the Renaissance on, worth several hundred million dollars, and money to build a new wing.
Un vals de Chopin es redescubierto después de casi 200 años. Y así se escucha
En español, October 27
Una obra desconocida de puño y letra del compositor ha aparecido en un museo de Nueva York, el primer hallazgo de este tipo en más de medio siglo. Escúchala aquí interpretada por Lang Lang.
Hear a Chopin Waltz Unearthed After Nearly 200 Years
Video, October 27
An unknown work in the composer’s hand has emerged in a New York museum, the first such find in more than a half century. The pianist Lang Lang plays it here.
New-York Historical Society Gets a New Name and a New Wing
Culture, October 27
The museum will now be called the New York Historical and will name a new Wing for American Democracy after two major benefactors, H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar L. Tang.
Susan B. Anthony Was Arrested for Voting. Now Her Home Is a Poll Site.
Metro, October 27
The home in Rochester, N.Y., now a museum celebrating the women’s suffrage movement, is serving as a polling place for early voters.
Did van Gogh Have a Goth Phase?
Arts & Leisure, October 26
A major exhibition touring Europe argues that modern artists who turned to the dark side were inspired by Gothic art from the Middle Ages.
Museums Around the Country Explore Democracy
Special Sections, October 26
Inspired by the presidential election, there are exhibitions, forums and voter registrations.
Painting Is Dead? Long Live Painting.
Special Sections, October 26
A show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago challenges the timeworn critics’ contention that painting is dead, expanding the idea of what painting can be.
A Wave of Exhibits That Appeal to Visitors’ Noses
Special Sections, October 26
Museum and gallery shows in Seattle, New York, England and beyond are engaging visitors’ hearts and minds through all of their senses.
Art Museums Reach Out to Visitors From Behind Closed Doors
Special Sections, October 26
Museums have adopted creative engagement strategies when renovation work keeps visitors away.
Connecting Sports and Art in an Eclectic Mix
Special Sections, October 26
In an exhibit this fall, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art explores social trends using sports-related art and design objects.
Catrinas, esqueletos y mucha política: las artes gráficas mexicanas llegan al Met
En español, October 26
El papel central del grabado en cinco siglos de arte mexicano llega a una exposición del Met que muestra la influencia de muchos talentos artísticos.
Safeya Binzagr, 84, a Saudi Artist Celebrated but Long Unseen, Dies
Obits, October 25
Despite the gender restrictions of Saudi society, she claimed a place for herself, and other women, in the country’s art scene.
5 Things to Do This Weekend
Interactive, October 25
A selection of entertainment highlights this weekend, including the HBO dramedy “Somebody Somewhere.”
The Art World Explores Concrete Ways to Fight Climate Change
Special Sections, October 25
Museums, galleries and other art institutions are looking for measures to reduce their environmental footprints.
A Detroit Museum Focuses on the Islamic Dining Experience
Special Sections, October 25
An exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts tries to connect with the area’s large, vibrant Arab American community through a show about food.
As A.I. Becomes Harder to Detect, Photography Is Having a Renaissance
Special Sections, October 25
Despite — or, perhaps, because of — the rise in artificially made images, photography is suddenly in the spotlight, in galleries in New York and beyond.
Conceptual Artist Plays True Detective
Special Sections, October 25
Sophie Calle’s first major North American career survey, opening at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, frames the acclaimed French artist as the original oversharer.
Two Photographers with an Eye for the Spiritual Meet in an Ohio Museum
Special Sections, October 25
Rotimi Fani-Kayode and Ming Smith grew up a world apart, but their images speak much the same language. This fall, their works collide in Columbus.
As Georgia Decides Its Future, Artists Are Worried About Theirs
Culture, October 25
Two new laws, and a looming election, in the former Soviet republic of Georgia have artists reconsidering their livelihoods and even whether they can stay in the country.
How 7 Friends Testing a Metal Detector Made Britain’s Most Valuable Treasure Find
Express, October 24
A pastime in a farmer’s field led to the discovery of Norman-era coins valued at more than $5 million.
An American in Paris, Honored Like Nobody Before
Culture, October 24
The artist Barbara Chase-Riboud hadn’t had a show in her adopted city since 1974. Now she is being celebrated in eight museums, including the Louvre.
36 Hours in Moab, Utah
Interactive, October 24
Walk among sandstone towers, experience some of the darkest skies in North America and breathe in the solitude.
The Morgan Honors Its ‘Personal Librarian’
Special Sections, October 24
The subject of a bestseller who led a remarkable life as a scholar and cultural force while hiding her Black identity is the focus of an exhibition at the institution she headed.
Two Artists Capture Florida at the Met
Special Sections, October 24
This fall, the Met pairs images of Florida by Walker Evans and Anastasia Samoylova, the first living female photographer with a major show there in some three decades.
Skeletons and Madonnas Lead Mexico’s Graphic Arts Revolution
Weekend, October 24
The central role of printmaking in five centuries of Mexican art on view at the Met shows the weight of many minds.
Documenting the Stories of Migrants Detained at the Border
Special Sections, October 24
While working as a janitor at a U.S. customs station in Arizona, the artist Tom Kiefer photographed confiscated items, from rosary beads to wallets to love letters.
Buy? Share? Borrow? Art Institutions Rethink Their Acquisition Strategies
Special Sections, October 24
A combination of money and the need to attract new audiences inspires new ways of collecting art.
Pets Are Part of the Family, and Part of New York City’s Fabric
Special Sections, October 24
The New-York Historical Society explores the relationships between New Yorkers and their pets.
Design, Unearthed and Unfettered, in Cooper Hewitt’s Triennial
Special Sections, October 23
Starting in November, 25 new site-specific installations that explore the idea of home will fill the former Carnegie mansion in Manhattan.
Where the Wild Things — and the Other Worlds of Maurice Sendak — Are
Special Sections, October 23
A retrospective highlighting the works and the imaginative life of the artist and author will run through Feb. 17 at the Denver Art Museum.
An Old Space Opens Up to New Art
Special Sections, October 23
The American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York is being transformed into a venue for visual and performing artists and events.
A City of Murals, Decades in the Making
Special Sections, October 23
For 40 years, Mural Arts Philadelphia has been nurturing art and artists who have left their marks on walls and buildings throughout the city.
Once a Bad Boy, Now a Saint Maker, With a Major Solo Museum Show
Special Sections, October 23
A nearly fatal car crash led the New Mexican artist Nicholas Herrera to the hospital, to jail and into art. Now, his colorful, thought-provoking art is on view in Taos.
At This Illinois Museum, the Exhibits Are Larger Than Life
Special Sections, October 23
A free museum near Route 66 celebrates America’s fiberglass giants and the nostalgia that draws people to them.
Ducks Do More Than You Might Think to Help Save the Planet
Special Sections, October 22
At the Bruce Museum, an exhibition of duck stamp art tells a 90-year-old story about how paintings can contribute to land preservation.
Chase Hall Wrestles With ‘Hybridity’
Special Sections, October 22
The artist, who is frank about the issues raised by his mixed race, has a solo show opening in Los Angeles.
In the Background, but at the Center of Founding MoMA
Special Sections, October 22
In a new publication, “Inventing the Modern,” and a companion exhibition, 14 women who shaped the institution come into definition themselves.
See the Ancient Creatures That Might Have Been Beneath Your Feet
Special Sections, October 22
Celebrating its 150th anniversary, the San Diego Natural History Museum has opened more of its vast paleontology exhibit to visitors.
An Artist’s Work Finds a Lasting Home
Special Sections, October 22
A new permanent exhibition in a house in Pittsburgh displays the creativity and artistry of Mark Dion.
Art to See at U.S. Museums, Galleries and Auction Houses This Fall
Special Sections, October 22
Many exhibitions around the country will showcase artists’ responses to political and social movements, and to their own histories.
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.
San Francisco’s Arts Institutions Are Slowly Building Back
Culture, July 3
Although attendance remains down from prepandemic levels, the city’s arts groups are having some success getting audiences to return.
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.
Downtown Los Angeles Places Another Big Bet on the Arts
Culture, April 9
The pandemic was tough on city centers and cultural institutions. What does that mean for Los Angeles, whose downtown depends on the arts?
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.
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.
Spider-Man, We Know Where You Live
Metro, February 7
Letters on display at a small museum in Brooklyn were sent to the same address in Queens as where the comic book hero lived.
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.
Why One World Trade Is Winning R.T.O.
Interactive, December 13
The tower, next to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, is doing something right; it's at 94 percent occupancy.
Your Thursday Briefing: Iran’s Protests Intensify
N Y T Now, October 26
Plus Myanmar gets closer to Russia and a dire climate report.
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.
In the Mile High City, Festivals and Food Are on the Rise
Travel, August 11
Denver has regained its prepandemic vibrancy, with a plethora of new restaurants and hotels, and the return of some old favorites.
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.”
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.