New York Times: Art & Design


08/10/2026 03:36 PM
National Gallery Accused of ‘Soft Censorship’ to Avoid Provoking Trump
A former executive with the Washington museum says it moved a symposium about race in art to avoid political blowback.
08/10/2026 01:31 PM
It’s the Summer of Soundwalking. He Is Your Sherpa.
“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.
08/08/2026 09:41 AM
A Bat Lord Has Landed at the Cloisters. He’ll Be Its Caretaker.
As the museum reframes its story of medieval art, Andrew Winslow, the collections manager, embraces the challenge.
08/06/2026 03:27 PM
Tarot Was a Courtly Card Game. How Did It Become a Tool for Divination?
A Morgan Library & Museum exhibition explores the origins of a popular tradition that has drawn occultists and everyday people alike.
08/04/2026 05:37 PM
Yes, the Show Has Drawn Raves. But Some of the Objects Are Not Real.
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.
07/31/2026 01:16 PM
After Claiming ‘Bias’ at Smithsonian, Trump Officials Stage Patriotic Exhibition
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.
07/31/2026 04:22 PM
Major Guggenheim Show Traces Origin and Legacy of Pop Art
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.
08/02/2026 01:55 PM
For Kim Sajet, Trump’s Targeting of Another Smithsonian Chief Is Déjà Vu
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.
08/06/2026 06:02 PM
Art Gallery Shows to See in August
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.
07/31/2026 08:47 AM
Critics Say Historic Sites Are Endangered by Trump-Aligned Panel’s Plan
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.
07/31/2026 02:57 PM
Remembering Betye Saar in 7 Essential Works
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.
07/30/2026 05:01 AM
Iris van Herpen: Please Pleat With Me
A Dutch fashion iconoclast turns the Brooklyn Museum into her atelier — and a reporter tries to be a couturier for a day.
08/01/2026 09:09 AM
How the Curtain Rose on One of Zaha Hadid’s Final Acts
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.
07/28/2026 02:52 PM
Long-Delayed Guggenheim Abu Dhabi to Open in December
The museum, designed by Frank Gehry for the capital of the United Arab Emirates, will show art from the 1960s to the present.
08/10/2026 05:01 AM
How a Design World Couple Reclaimed a Lost Family Home
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.
08/08/2026 05:00 AM
How a Ventriloquist Dummy Maker Brings Puppets to Life
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.
08/07/2026 05:02 AM
Thomas S. Hines, Who Helped Put L.A. Architecture on the Map, Dies at 89
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.
08/06/2026 05:04 AM
From John Derian, a Playful Collection of Leaf-Shaped Rugs
Plus: brass flower sculptures, a new restaurant in Crete and more recommendations from T Magazine.
08/04/2026 10:55 AM
The Best Fire Pits, Lanterns and Torches to Conjure the Spirit of Camp in Your Own Backyard
Fire pits, lanterns and torches to transform your outdoor space and make the most of the season.
08/10/2026 03:53 PM
The 25 Most Important Sculptures Since the End of World War II
Four artists and a curator debate the most important works since the end of World War II.