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Paris, Battened Down Against Riots, Offers Lonely Welcome to Visitors

Americans on hand for the N.F.L.’s first-ever game in France found famous museums closed and shops boarded up.

The Local: Seitu K. Jones gets overdue museum show

Plus, a fight over free speech and election law.

After Riots, French Ban Some Protests

President Emmanuel Macron said the move was necessary “so that calm prevails.”

John Anderson, Voice of ‘Seminole Wind,’ Dies at 71

His gravelly vocals propelled a career that spanned nearly five decades and earned him a spot in the Country Music Hall of Fame.

If You Think You Know Brancusi’s Sculptures, Step Into His Studio

Rare artworks, photographs, films and tools have traveled from Paris to MoMA, revealing the father of modern sculpture as newly earthy.

Beautiful Figures, No Matter the View

A show of bronzes at the Frick Collection reveals a divine and ancient craft they’d revived — and lessons in gluteal grace.

T Introduces

A new art destination in Amsterdam will be filled with experiments in light and form.

How to Catch the Orionids, a Meteor Shower From Halley’s Comet

It’s a fall favorite among stargazers, known for bright, speedy streaks that can sometimes linger in the sky for minutes.

Don’t Delete Your Child’s Blurry Selfies. They Might Be Art.

An exhibition argues that juvenile photographic experiments can reveal unique perspectives worth saving — and even displaying.

Jenny Holzer Resurrects the Past to Lament the Present

Excerpts from archival letters and diaries were the basis for a number of the works in the American artist’s solo show at Paris’s Musée d’Orsay.

Is This Red Carpet Better Than the Met Gala’s?

Our favorite looks from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Gala, which took some by surprise with its elegance.

Taylor Swift’s Spooky Night Out with Hollywood

The pop star performed at the annual Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles for a crowd filled with celebrities, film professionals and academy voters.

A House David Bowie Couldn’t Wait to Leave Is Becoming a Museum

If all goes to plan, Bowie’s childhood home in the London suburb of Bromley will become an attraction.

She Signed Her Painting in 1548. Nearly 500 Years Later, It Finally Goes on Show.

Long overshadowed by her father and overlooked by historians, the 16th-century pioneer Catharina van Hemessen is now getting her due.

How the Billionaire Owner of Two Sports Teams Spends a Day Chasing Wins

Laurie M. Tisch, an owner of the New York Giants and Gotham F.C., spends her time on art, family and both kinds of football.

Fun Here, There, Everywhere

While Halloween and the Day of the Dead provide many ways to celebrate, this season offers other reasons to gather, too. Better yet, these events don’t cost a dime.

Kashmir’s Beauty and Violence Captured in an Exquisite MoMA Debut

With layered landscapes, patterns and poetry, Nilima Sheikh portrays the fractures and flash points of modern India.

A Paris Museum That’s Wild and a ‘Little Weird’

Despite its provocative subject matter, the Museum of Hunting and Nature aims to be “a joyful cabinet of curiosities.”

Remembering a Marvelous Multitasker

At El Museo del Barrio, a survey of the art multitasker Teddy Sandoval and his fictional collective, the Butch Gardens School.

For Contemporary Art, the Large Center Is a Big Deal

The huge art center on Île Seguin near Paris opens with a show of works collected by the automaker Renault and the real estate tycoon Laurent Dumas.

Rembrandts Never Seen in the U.S. Will Be at the Met

The exhibition, with paintings new to the United States, opens in November 2027. The Met’s Facade and Great Hall commissions go to Danh Vo and Sandra Mujinga.

When Your Roommate Runs a Gallery Out of the Living Room

Artists across Crown Heights, Ridgewood and beyond are following in the grand New York City tradition of apartment galleries.

Bayeux Tapestry’s Return Has History Buffs Re-Enacting Like It’s 1066

Almost a millennium ago, the Battle of Hastings was fought on an English field and depicted on the tapestry. This year’s restaging drew spectators spurred on by the artifact’s visit to Britain.

President Obama’s Climate Legacy

The Obama Presidential Center’s exhibits on climate change was like going back in time to a seemingly more harmonious world.

Van Gogh Museum Says It Reached Funding Deal and Won’t Have to Close

In a yearslong dispute, the Amsterdam institution pressed the Dutch government for an increased annual subsidy to pay for what the museum said were vital renovations.

Galliano Was a Fiasco. Bob Mackie Would Sparkle.

From an Intense Marriage, Pioneering Work

The Local: Renee Good’s brothers speak

A Show Gives a Taste of What a U.S. Pavilion in Venice Might Have Been

Forget Quiet Luxury. In Ancient Rome, the Fashion Was Loud.

Lucien Lazare, Who Fought Nazis In Occupied France, Is Dead at 101

There’s More to October Than Being Spooked

Kindred Artistic Spirits, Although They Never Met

John Galliano’s Return To the Paris Runway

An Artist Pair Swap Turns in the Spotlight

After Reshaping MoMA, an Influential Curator Will Step Down

How Do You Open a Dolly Parton Hotel Without Dolly Parton?

Museum Returns Pots to Enslaved Artist’s Heirs

China’s ‘King of Banned Films’ Wants to Change the Subject

Acclaimed overseas for defying censors, Lou Ye is more interested in reaching Chinese audiences, as he holds up a cinematic mirror to their lives in modern China.

Trump Cuts and Orders Have Broad Impact on American Museums, Report Finds

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.

How the Intrepid Moved a World War II Fighter Plane

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

For Some Audiences, A Slow Bounce Back

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.

‘Headwinds’ Pit Finances Against Art

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.

Stewards Ensure a Future for California’s Past

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 Draws Bigger Crowds, But With Fewer Foreign Visitors

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 Art Institutions Are Slowly Regaining Strength

Although attendance remains down from prepandemic levels, the city’s arts groups are having some success getting audiences to return.

Africa Center Is Losing A Steady Force

Uzodinma Iweala, chief executive of the Harlem institution, will leave at the end of 2024 after guiding it through pandemic years and securing funds.

Will Culture Enliven Downtown Los Angeles?

The pandemic was tough on city centers and cultural institutions. What does that mean for Los Angeles, whose downtown depends on the arts?

Audiences Are Back, More or Less

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.

Amid Catastrophe, Collective Strength

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

Letters on display at a small museum in Brooklyn were sent to the same address in Queens as where the comic book hero lived.

The Louvre Limits Visitors by One-Third

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.

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

Plus Myanmar gets closer to Russia and a dire climate report.

Betting on Bigger

Projects all over the country include renovations and new wings as institutions continue to bet on bricks and mortar.

Cultural Tremors In San Francisco

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

Denver has regained its prepandemic vibrancy, with a plethora of new restaurants and hotels, and the return of some old favorites.

José Parlá Returns From the Edge

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.”

Artists Create Spaces For Our Covid Grief

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

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.