New York Times: Art & Design


01/08/2026 09:09 AM
The Smithsonian Faces New Pressure to Submit to Trump’s Will
The institution, long regarded as independent, is facing a White House deadline to hand over records about its content and will see turnover that could reshape its governing board.
01/08/2026 03:11 PM
Convention-Defying in Life. In Art, Not So Much
“Carving Out History” offers the career highlights of Emma Stebbins, from the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park — a powerful symbol of hope and healing in “Angels in America” — to a standout sculpture of the woman she loved.
01/08/2026 05:02 AM
Everything Happens at Once in Faith Ringgold’s Mini-Retrospective
A show highlights the artist’s extraordinary range with oil paintings, gouaches, figurines, textile works and ‘story quilts.’
01/02/2026 12:37 PM
Gabriele Münter, an Overshadowed Pillar of Modern Art, Gets a Spotlight
“Contours of a World” at the Guggenheim Museum includes paintings as well as photography that suggests an alternate path.
12/25/2025 07:39 PM
9 Art Shows to See Before They Close This Winter
Catch a lush Monet blockbuster, gorgeous Egyptian goddesses and the history of Black Broadway before they’re gone.
12/31/2025 04:48 PM
Her Nordic Noir Is Belatedly Capturing New York
Beloved in Finland, Helene Schjerfbeck is just becoming hot in Manhattan, where a show of paintings at the Met Museum is likely to leave you awe-struck.
01/03/2026 07:59 PM
The Nazi Plunder of Church Bells Changed the Sound of Europe
As church bells chime and peal the New Year, historians say the looting of more than 150,000 bells during World War II left “a sonic gap” in the landscape.
12/29/2025 05:32 AM
Want to Build a Better World? The São Paulo Bienal Has Some Tips.
“Not All Travelers Walk Roads,” the 36th edition of the exhibition, sees art as a guide for connecting with one another and with the earth.
12/12/2025 09:57 AM
Best Art of 2025
The art world moved forward with glowing renovations to some of New York City’s cultural jewels, as well as sweeping surveys of ballroom queens, Indigenous artists and more.
01/09/2026 12:53 PM
On the Trail of an Elusive Midcentury Chair
We help a reader track down furniture from a photograph taken in the early 1950s.
01/09/2026 01:17 PM
In the Path of a Raging Wildfire, a Luthier’s Precious Wood
Mario Miralles spent decades acquiring the spruce and maple for string instruments worthy of Yo-Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel. Then he was forced to evacuate.
01/08/2026 05:32 PM
John Wilson’s Enduring Art of Racial Politics and Personal Memory
“Witnessing Humanity” at the Met, with more than 100 artworks, and a gaze both inward and outward, is the artist’s first New York survey.
01/07/2026 11:29 AM
The Most Beautiful Home Libraries T Magazine Has Covered
From Connecticut to Cairo, reading spots that will seem like paradise to book- and design-lovers alike.
01/04/2026 08:26 PM
Janet Fish, Painter of Luminous Still Lifes, Dies at 87
From her student days, she stubbornly refused to follow popular artistic trends. Instead, she spent decades exploring the effects of light on glass.
01/03/2026 05:07 PM
For Some Nazi Loot, Value Is Measured on a Different Scale
Heirs of families that suffered in the Holocaust have gotten back precious items: not treasured art, but the keepsakes of dead relatives.
01/05/2026 03:25 PM
Jacqueline de Ribes, Tastemaker and Fashion Avatar, Dies at 96
One of few people in the world of style who could legitimately claim the status of icon, she dressed to impress even before she became a designer.
01/02/2026 01:13 AM
Gone in 2025: A Yearlong Procession of Giants
Marquee names all, they found international fame in the arts, politics, the sciences and beyond.
12/27/2025 05:02 AM
For a Night at the Museum, Pajamas and Dinosaurs
Roaming the American Museum of Natural History in pajamas made for a night to remember for hundreds of children and their brave parents.
12/25/2025 05:01 AM
Her Drawings Poke Fun at Online Attention Seekers
Daniya Stambekova has won fans by finding the Beavis or Butt-Head within the most attractive influencers.
12/25/2025 12:09 PM
Turn On, Tune In … Cop Out? ‘Sixties Surreal’ Teases at the Whitney.
A spotty but thrilling tour of American art from Eisenhower to Nixon shows just how unhinged the ’60s were, and how hard it is to summarize the era.