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08/10/2026 03:36 PM
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National Gallery Accused of ‘Soft Censorship’ to Avoid Provoking Trump
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A former executive with the Washington museum says it moved a symposium about race in art to avoid political blowback.
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08/10/2026 01:31 PM
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It’s the Summer of Soundwalking. He Is Your Sherpa.
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“We may be hearing but not listening,” Jacek Smolicki said, showing a reporter how sound travels through tree roots in Central Park and amplifying the scraping of aquatic snails.
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08/08/2026 09:41 AM
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A Bat Lord Has Landed at the Cloisters. He’ll Be Its Caretaker.
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As the museum reframes its story of medieval art, Andrew Winslow, the collections manager, embraces the challenge.
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08/06/2026 03:27 PM
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Tarot Was a Courtly Card Game. How Did It Become a Tool for Divination?
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A Morgan Library & Museum exhibition explores the origins of a popular tradition that has drawn occultists and everyday people alike.
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08/04/2026 05:37 PM
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Yes, the Show Has Drawn Raves. But Some of the Objects Are Not Real.
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When the New York Historical realized that sunlight in its new wing would potentially damage some items on display, it scrambled to reproduce or remove them.
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07/31/2026 01:16 PM
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After Claiming ‘Bias’ at Smithsonian, Trump Officials Stage Patriotic Exhibition
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Trump officials have promised to “make visual arts great,” with a museum exhibition that includes artwork by several people with personal connections to the planners.
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07/31/2026 04:22 PM
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Major Guggenheim Show Traces Origin and Legacy of Pop Art
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At the Guggenheim Museum, a major survey of the origin and legacy of Pop Art tries to extract from the movement a conscience it never really had, our critic argues.
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08/02/2026 01:55 PM
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For Kim Sajet, Trump’s Targeting of Another Smithsonian Chief Is Déjà Vu
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Kim Sajet left as director of the National Portrait Gallery when she found herself in the White House cross hairs. Now she’s watching another Smithsonian chief go through it.
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08/06/2026 06:02 PM
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Art Gallery Shows to See in August
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This week in Newly Reviewed Carolina Miranda covers three shows in Los Angeles: a group exhibit with Tom of Finland at the center, Betye Saar’s “wearable art” and Esther Pearl Watson’s spaceships.
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07/31/2026 08:47 AM
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Critics Say Historic Sites Are Endangered by Trump-Aligned Panel’s Plan
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Proponents say the changes to the federal preservation rules are necessary, but critics argue they are alarming and would help expedite the president’s redesign of Washington.
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07/31/2026 02:57 PM
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Remembering Betye Saar in 7 Essential Works
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The artist, who died just short of her 100th birthday, subverted racist tropes by turning mammy dolls into warriors and presenting the breadth of the Black experience.
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07/30/2026 05:01 AM
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Iris van Herpen: Please Pleat With Me
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A Dutch fashion iconoclast turns the Brooklyn Museum into her atelier — and a reporter tries to be a couturier for a day.
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08/01/2026 09:09 AM
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How the Curtain Rose on One of Zaha Hadid’s Final Acts
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The Royal Theater of Rabat is an architectural performance itself, with devilishly difficult curves. It was a homecoming to a world the star designer loved.
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07/28/2026 02:52 PM
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Long-Delayed Guggenheim Abu Dhabi to Open in December
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The museum, designed by Frank Gehry for the capital of the United Arab Emirates, will show art from the 1960s to the present.
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08/10/2026 05:01 AM
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How a Design World Couple Reclaimed a Lost Family Home
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More than 40 years after the Pasadena, Calif., house was sold, the pair moved in, transforming it into a color-drenched homage to three generations.
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08/08/2026 05:00 AM
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How a Ventriloquist Dummy Maker Brings Puppets to Life
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From his studio in Maine, one of the last full-time ventriloquist puppet makers in the country combines mechanics, painting and performance to create one-of-a-kind characters.
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08/07/2026 05:02 AM
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Thomas S. Hines, Who Helped Put L.A. Architecture on the Map, Dies at 89
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A historian at U.C.L.A., he showed how Los Angeles’s architects and planners made the city a global center for modernist design in the 20th century.
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08/06/2026 05:04 AM
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From John Derian, a Playful Collection of Leaf-Shaped Rugs
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Plus: brass flower sculptures, a new restaurant in Crete and more recommendations from T Magazine.
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08/04/2026 10:55 AM
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The Best Fire Pits, Lanterns and Torches to Conjure the Spirit of Camp in Your Own Backyard
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Fire pits, lanterns and torches to transform your outdoor space and make the most of the season.
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08/10/2026 03:53 PM
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The 25 Most Important Sculptures Since the End of World War II
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Four artists and a curator debate the most important works since the end of World War II.
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