T/museums

N.Y.C. Museum Will Offer Free Admission to Food Stamp Recipients
New York, Today

The American Museum of Natural History has introduced a no-cost membership tier available to New York residents who receive food assistance. They can also bring guests.

The Familiar Fingerprints of a Forgotten Art Heist
Arts, Today

After a valuable de Kooning was discovered behind a bedroom door, a true crime fan wondered: Is that all the thieves stole?

Stan Douglas and the Double Life of Images
Arts, Yesterday

One of the most intelligent artists in North America finally gets the retrospective he deserves.

Ceratosaur Fossil Auctioned for $30.5 Million by Sotheby’s
Science, July 16

The price paid for the juvenile specimen of the 150-million-year old predatory dinosaur is the third-highest on record.

Denver Museum Finds a Dinosaur Fossil Under Its Parking Lot
Science, July 12

The fossil, estimated to be about 70 million years old, was found during a drilling project.

How ‘Gay’ Became an Identity in Art
Arts, July 12

Two groundbreaking exhibitions in Chicago explore the shift in portrayals of same-sex attraction. They are being staged at a fraught moment.

Bronx Museum Picks New Leader
Arts, July 10

Shamim Momin, who started her curatorial career at the Whitney Museum of American Art, returns to New York to take the helm of the Bronx Museum of the Arts.

36 Hours in Brussels
Interactive, July 10

Brussels, with the largest share of young citizens in the E.U., offers genre-defining restaurants and mind-bending museums of fine art.

Jonathan Adler at MAD: A Potter’s Way With Puns and Commerce
Arts, July 10

The Museum of Arts and Design’s ceramics collection inspires a self-described pottery nerd.

The Bayeux Tapestry, a British Masterpiece, Returns to England After 900 Years
World, July 8

The embroidered work, depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, is a loan from France. For the first time, it will be on exhibit in London.

The Curious Animals of Amsterdam’s Art Zoo
Arts, July 8

A new museum in a 17th-century canal house brings together fantastical taxidermy and natural history objects in an eclectic and eccentric mix.

What to Do in New York City in July
Arts, July 3

Celebrate the Fourth of July with an address on the state of the hot dog, a chance to make ice cream the old-fashioned way and a film that offers up a peculiar slice of Americana.

Secret Love Letters Remain Sealed in Vermeer Show
Arts, July 3

The Frick’s first post-renovation show unites three Vermeer masterpieces that explore letter-writing and (maybe) love affairs.

How Tourists Can Stay Cool During the European Heat Wave
Travel, July 2

As Europe buckles under a punishing heat wave, residents and summer travelers are struggling to find relief. Here’s how and where to look for respite.

Illness Took My Mother’s Independence, but It Gave Us Something Precious
Magazine, July 1

An immune condition changed my mom’s life — and taught us to see art differently.

A Broadway Big Shot Is Now Reinventing Himself
Theater, June 30

Jordan Roth owned five Broadway theaters and produced a string of hits. Now he’s pivoting to performance.

The Kodak Brand Gets a Second Life
New York, June 30

The company’s name has become synonymous with a failure to adapt to the digital revolution. But overseas, its logo has become an unlikely retro fashion statement.

La artista brasileña que escucha a los minerales
En español, June 29

En el SculptureCenter de Queens, en Nueva York, la exposición “Amuletos” de Luana Vitra atrae por su belleza. Luego revela el lado trágico de la minería.

LACMA Opens the Doors to Its New Building
Arts, June 28

The museum invited the public for a preview of its new David Geffen Galleries spanning Wilshire Boulevard — before the art moves in next year.

Inside the Bedroom, Bathroom and Mind of Rick Owens
Style, June 28

As a new retrospective of his work opens in Paris, fashion’s “lord of darkness” shares a day in his life.

France Opens Competition to Expand Overcrowded Louvre
Arts, June 27

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.

El momento del turismo de masas
En español, June 27

Además: un posible origen del lenguaje, el final de ‘El juego del calamar’ y las prendas de la princesa Diana.

The Brazilian Artist Who Listens to Minerals
Arts, June 27

At SculptureCenter in Queens, Luana Vitra’s show “Amulets” draws you in with its beauty. Then it drives home the tragic underpinnings of mining.

Scorched Stumps and Spotless Art at the Reopening Getty Villa
Arts, June 27

Although the museum’s artwork was unscathed, roughly 1,400 trees on the property burned during the Palisades fire. Visible traces of the devastation are intentional.

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.

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.

Mick Ralphs, of Mott the Hoople and Bad Company, Dies at 81
Arts, June 24

A guitarist and songwriter, he ditched glam rock at its peak and scored with meatier stadium-rock anthems like “Can’t Get Enough” and “Feel Like Making Love.”

The Curious Proposal to Fund a State Arts Council With $1
Arts, June 24

New Hampshire residents pushed back, but lawmakers still plan to decimate the group, which gives grants to theaters and museums.

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.

When the Past Is Lost
Special Series, June 20

Years after a devastating fire, Brazil is slowly rebuilding an institution dedicated to the country’s cultural heritage.

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.

Get Your Camera Out: The Crane That Ruined Florence’s Skyline Is Gone
World, June 19

A reviled crane used during the expansion of the Uffizi Galleries was taken down this week after years of protests.

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.

How the Intrepid Moved a World War II Fighter Plane
Metro, March 13

The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.

5 Years After Covid Closed the Theaters, Audiences Are Returning
Culture, March 12

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.

Brooklyn Museum Will Lay Off Employees and Scale Back Exhibitions
Culture, February 7

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.

California Historical Society to Dissolve and Transfer Collections to Stanford
Culture, January 28

The society faced financial challenges that were exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. Its nearly 600,000 items stretch back before the Gold Rush.

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.