Kara Walker Deconstructs a Statue, and a Myth
As part of the group exhibition “Monuments,” the artist took a Stonewall Jackson bronze and transformed it into a radically new, unsettled thing.
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CreditElliott Jerome Brown Jr. for The New York Times Sotheby’s Strikes Alliance With Ascendant Art Fair
Sotheby’s will host Independent 20th Century at the Breuer building in Manhattan in 2026, positioning the company as “more than an auction house.”
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CreditVincent Tullo for The New York Times Death of Arts Patron Who Made Disputed $10 Million Donation Is Ruled a Suicide
Matthew Christopher Pietras, a young philanthropist sought after by some of New York’s leading arts institutions, died by suicide, the city’s chief medical examiner ruled.
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CreditJohn Nacion/WireImage via Getty Images New Banksy Work Seen as Comment on U.K. Crackdown on Palestine Action
The mural that appeared outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Monday depicted a judge attacking a demonstrator with a gavel.
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Man Ray’s Mysteries, in Glorious Bloom at the Met
In his “rayographs,” he raved, he was finally “working directly with light itself.” The showstopper is the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction.
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CreditMan Ray 2015 Trust/Artists Rights Society(ARS), NY/ADAGP, Paris 2025; via Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Those New Announcements in the Subway? They’re Art
Chloë Bass’s new audio-based public art project will be heard over the P.A. system at 14 M.T.A. stations around New York, urging commuters, “If you hear something, free something.”
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CreditElliott Jerome Brown Jr. for The New York Times Rebuilding a Historic Jewish Library, Book by Book
The Nazis seized tens of thousands of books from the Jewish Theological Seminary in Budapest, but the works are making their way back, including one being returned in New York this week.
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Monet, Manet and Morisot are highlights, but also an exhibition of decommissioned historical monuments and a show of punishing performance art.
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This week in Newly Reviewed, Travis Diehl considers a show on Smell-O-Vision, Edward Burtynsky’s exurban cacophony, Catharine Czudej’s playful transactions and a group show with a maze of water bottles.
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Britain’s National Gallery Expands Collection to 20th-Century Works
The museum, renowned for its collection of paintings from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, has announced a plan to collect more recent paintings.
By Alex Marshall
by designIn Sydney, an Artist’s Apartment With Hand-Painted Walls
Since returning to his hometown, Martyn Thompson has fashioned a living space that’s both a refuge for him and a showcase for his varied creations.
By Alexa Brazilian and Josh Robenstone
Art Fair ReviewDaunted by the Sprawling Armory Show? Try These 13 Certified Winners.
With its crowd-pleasers and safe bets, this big trade show tones it down for an uncertain art market. Our critics sampled the global art scene for these discoveries.
By Will Heinrich and Walker Mimms
Fixing a Problem Painting With Ambera Wellmann
For an ambitious double-gallery debut, the Canadian painter improvised her way through glistening, musical, bulging and hideous fantasias on linen and on walls.
By Walker Mimms
Amy Sherald, Having Canceled Her Smithsonian Show, Will Take Paintings to Baltimore
The artist had canceled the show in July, citing concerns about censorship at the Smithsonian. Now, the exhibition will be restaged at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
By Zachary Small
36 Hours36 Hours in the Costa Brava, Spain
The raw beauty of Spain’s “wild coast” has long lured artists and intellectuals.
By Hester Underhill
Other RoomsA Dance Studio With Transcendent Views
The artist Chie Hammons’s Hudson Valley space also has circular walls and a skylight that acts like a sundial.
By Jason Chen and Angela Hau
10 Things We’re Excited About This Fall
Dolly Parton in Vegas, a shrine to David Bowie, a new standup special from Kumail Nanjiani and other picks from our critics and writers.
By Dwight Garner, Jesse Green, Alexandra Jacobs, Gia Kourlas, Alex Marshall, Melena Ryzik, Maya Salam, Jennifer Szalai, Alissa Wilkinson and Jason Zinoman
Smithsonian Responds to Trump’s Demand for a Review of Its Exhibits
In a letter to the White House, the Smithsonian asserted its “authority over our programming and content,” but said a team would review what information it would turn over.
By Robin Pogrebin and Graham Bowley
Louvre Museum Names Advocate for African Art Repatriation as Next ‘Great Thinker’
The appointment of Bénédicte Savoy underscores France’s changing views on the issue of returning artifacts that were wrongly taken during the colonial period.
By Nina Siegal
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