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She Was Chosen to Help Rebuild Notre-Dame. Then Fire Hit Her Adopted City, Too.
01 Feb 2025Claire Tabouret, an artist in Los Angeles, was chosen to create new stained glass windows for the Paris cathedral. She never expected fires to shatter her sense of safety in California.
Restored Anti-Fascism Mural by Philip Guston Unveiled in Mexico
02 Feb 2025In 1934, two young artists drove from Los Angeles in a beat-up car to Mexico, to create a powerful artwork about repression. It was concealed — and then forgotten.
What Kind of Los Angeles Will Rise From the Fires?
01 Feb 2025The city faces a choice: remake itself into something largely familiar or take a bolder path and emerge as a new metropolis.
In the Footsteps of the Enslaved
30 Jan 2025In “Stony the Road,” the photographer Dawoud Bey offers a captive’s-eye view of the Richmond Slave Trail.
Judith Bernstein at 82 Comes Back Swinging
30 Jan 2025Unrelenting, unrepenting, the artist who made a name for herself with huge drawings of hairy phallic screws presents a world of work with exuberant energy over 60 years.
The Curious Power of Tarot Cards to Explain and Reveal
31 Jan 2025A new exhibition in London traces the evolution of tarot from Renaissance Italy to the present day, with the card designs shifting to reflect the times.
At the Louvre, the Mona Lisa Will Get Her Own Room as Museum Expands
28 Jan 2025President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to alleviate crowds at the Paris museum and to charge higher fees for visitors from outside the European Union.
Smithsonian Closes Diversity Office After Trump’s Executive Order
28 Jan 2025The museum’s move followed a similar one last week by the National Gallery, as museums try to comply with an executive order that called diversity programs “illegal and immoral.”
The Tangs, New Donor Royalty, Step Into the Spotlight
28 Jan 2025With major gifts to leading arts institutions, Oscar L. Tang and Agnes Hsu‐Tang have recently landed in the center of New York cultural philanthropy.
Fun Things to Do in NYC in February 2025
30 Jan 2025Looking for something to do in New York? Catch Margaret Cho’s “sons” at Joe’s Pub, groove to 070 Shake or watch collections of animated shorts at the BAMkids Film Festival.
The Africa Center’s New Leader Focuses on Connection
27 Jan 2025Martin Kimani, a former Kenyan diplomat, said his past work positions him to build on the Africa Center’s diverse programming that goes beyond art.
Kobe Bryant Still Reigns Over Los Angeles on Hundreds of Murals
26 Jan 2025“There’s always a few athletes that cross over into almost superhero world,” said an artist whose mural became a site of mourning when the N.B.A. star died in a helicopter crash.
Japan Once Dominated the Art Market. Is the Country Ready for a Comeback?
25 Jan 2025Japanese collectors spent billions on European paintings during the bubble economy of the 1980s. Officials today hope to inspire a new generation of art lovers.
Trump Executive Order Prompts National Gallery to End Diversity Programs
24 Jan 2025The National Gallery of Art said it had closed its office of belonging and inclusion to comply with a presidential order.
5 Paths Through the Winter Show, an Exhibition of Earthly Delights
25 Jan 2025The fair, with 77 exhibitors, is a mini-museum, featuring arts, antiquities and design objects, from old masters to art jewelry.
Bringing Anne Frank’s Secret Annex to New York, and the World
22 Jan 2025Covered windows, peeling wallpaper: For the first time outside of Amsterdam, an exhibition reconstructs Anne’s hiding place during the devastation of the Holocaust.
Loving an ‘Untouched’ Modernist House, and Then Getting Down to Work
29 Jan 2025A couple bought a home in Palo Alto, Calif., that was designed by an associate of Frank Lloyd Wright. Happily, they were also smitten with the two-year renovation.
‘Starry Night,’ All Night Long, as a Van Gogh Blockbuster Ends
20 Jan 2025The National Gallery in London stayed open all night for die-hard fans of the Dutch painter. “Midnight offers more room for reflection,” one attendee said.
Decades Ago, Students Attacked the ‘Iron Horse.’ Now It Rides Again.
18 Jan 2025Exactly why the sculpture was attacked by University of Georgia students may always be a mystery. But 70 years later, restored, it rides again.
Don’t Eat the Burger. It’s a Stool.
17 Jan 2025Furniture resembling food — fruit, sandwiches and more — has gone viral on social media and led to a shopping frenzy.