Art and Design

With his father, Philip, he made idiosyncratic, often monumental bronze work influenced by ancient themes. But was it art or was it furniture?

By Penelope Green

Zachary Small, culture reporter, takes us on a tour of their four favorite spooky artworks at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. You’re in for a scare: the list includes a decapitation platter and a sculpture of a rumored cannibal.

By Zachary Small, Edward Vega, David Seekamp and Joey Sendaydiego

A tranquil respite from Bangkok, this northern Thai city offers ancient temples, art markets, a prolific jazz and live-music scene, and fiery, fresh cuisine.

By Patrick Scott and Chang W. Lee

The museum says it had no idea at the time, but the heirs say the Met curator who bought and sold the work, a former U.S. Army specialist on looting, should have known better.

By Graham Bowley

A dino store, dance parties, radio and visual art are set up underground, building community in free space from the M.T.A.

By Lyna Bentahar and Dana Golan

Ken Maracle, a member of the Cayuga Nation, has remade more than 50 historic belts that Indigenous nations used in the negotiation and confirmation of agreements.

By Alec Scott and Tony Cenicola

The Greenwich Village building has been home to celebrities like John Philip Sousa and Kylie Jenner — and, according to prosecutors, Mafia-controlled poker games.

By Rachel Wharton

The designer Vasilis Marmatakis has created posters for the director’s films that are often as enigmatic as the movies themselves.

By Carlos Aguilar

These shows seek to decode and democratize art, providing expert insight into art history and practical tips on cultivating an artistic habit of your own.

By Emma Dibdin

A “pre-preview” of Art Basel Paris this week drew some of the world’s wealthiest art collectors. Dealers were hoping to shed some of the recent gloom that the art market has faced.

By Scott Reyburn

On the eve of his show at the Jewish Museum the artist looks back on his delicate earliest art, and reveals why terror plays a vital role in his latest.

By Blake Gopnik

Prized pieces held by the Okada Museum of Art in Japan are being auctioned to settle a $50 million legal bill owed by the museum’s “Pachinko King” founder.

By Robin Pogrebin

While “Made in L.A. 2025” falters, the city’s local art scene is thriving, with an abundance of smart new shows in commercial spaces.

By Jonathan Griffin

A new exhibition at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco captures the creative spark between two avant-garde 19th-century painters, Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot.

By Karen Rosenberg

Wake up with Cuban coffee, zoom on a personal watercraft or just stretch out on white sand, and dance salsa until late.

By Scott McIntyre

Given the ubiquity of neon-colored safety jackets, criminals are using them to carry out crimes in plain sight.

By Alex Marshall

Three presentations at this year’s fair will focus on experimental discovery, radical redefinition and an expansion of the mind.

By Dale Berning Sawa

“Third culture kids” have taken recipes and unique tastes from their childhoods to create a new kind of fusion food that is more cohesive.

By Christy Choi and Joann Pai

Julian Charrière made his name creating art inspired by — and interrogating — nature. Now, his new water and sound installation is open to underground adventurers in Reims.

By Nazanin Lankarani

Misako & Rosen’s small space in the off-the-beaten-path Otsuka neighborhood proves ambition can stay local — and still make it to Art Basel Paris.

By Vivian Morelli

The brazen robbery on Sunday has put a spotlight on security protocols in the sprawling museum, which have been tested over the years by break-ins and thefts.

By Elaine Sciolino

His architecture swung from austere to whimsical, with conspicuous projects like the sprawling headquarters of the British intelligence service MI6.

By Julie Lasky

Architects were surprised by the scale and speed of the project, but the president is moving forward with his plans for a ballroom at the White House.

By Zachary Small and Ashley Wu

The South Korean textile artist’s work will be on display at Art Basel Paris at a booth by the New York gallerist Tina Kim.

By Lauren Gallow

A new exhibition in Paris helps visitors step into the modernist master’s sonically inspired world.

By A.J. Goldmann

Next year, Tate Britain will hold a splashy show on the end of the 20th century. A series of conversations at Art Basel Paris give a window onto the era — and the show ahead.

By Nina Siegal

A huge cache of documents, which includes drafts of the famed madeleine passage, is for sale. France’s National Library is raising money to buy it.

By Elaine Sciolino

The presence of Hemingway, Stein, Joyce, Picasso, Dalí, Man Ray and other influencers of the 1920s are still being felt — and appreciated — by tourists and locals.

By David Belcher

An array of paintings, as well as textiles, films and handblown glass, will be on display across the French capital this month, while Art Basel Paris is on.

By Farah Nayeri

In Paris, the Cartier and Vuitton foundations and the Pinault Collection are all presenting major exhibitions running at the same time as Art Basel.

By Ted Loos

Works by Patrick Eugène, whose family is from Haiti, will be on display at the Mariane Ibrahim Gallery during Art Basel Paris.

By Tariro Mzezewa

Over a decade ago, Nate Lowman stumbled upon the museum honoring the Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix. Now, he is showing his own work there.

By Alix Strauss

The Pompidou Center will remain closed until 2030, and professionals said there was no substitute. But its art will still be shown, and there are other cultural opportunities.

By Farah Nayeri

Peering into one of the most popular exhibits at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is like looking back in time to the Dutch Golden Age.

By Nina Siegal and Ilvy Njiokiktjien

After reconfiguring and rethinking two floors of its Fifth Avenue mansion, the museum reopens them to the public.

By Robin Pogrebin

It’s the first time in nearly 20 years that the museum has asked an artist from mainland China to create artwork for its building.

By Zachary Small

“Monuments,” a group exhibition in Los Angeles, led by Kara Walker, places contemporary art face to face with statuary removed in the last decade.

By Jason Farago

The stolen items, valued at about $102 million, include glittering royal tiaras, necklaces and earrings.

By Alex Marshall

The robbers employed a portable electric ladder to break into a second-floor wing of the Paris museum that holds the French crown jewels.

By Catherine Porter and Aurelien Breeden

RoseLee Goldberg of New York’s Performa has long encouraged visual artists to take the leap of translating their ideas into real time and space.

By Hilarie M. Sheets

An exhibition by the artist Fia Backström at the Queens Museum uses photos, textiles and videos to look at the Great Society from the perspective of the downtrodden.

By Shivani Vora

Paintings, poems and science are on display at the Museum of the North in Fairbanks, illustrating the shared impact when carbon is released from the permafrost.

By Adam Popescu

Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, married partners, discover expressive possibilities by sculpting landscapes that shape buildings.

By James S. Russell

While some art institutions are eagerly engaging artificial intelligence, others are less enthusiastic.

By Craig S. Smith

A last-minute cancellation led the nonprofit to pull together a timely new exhibition of contemporary Chinese works in just a few months.

By Shivani Vora

The new show focuses on the famed Impressionist’s works on paper. Were they masterpieces? Less than? That is for visitors to decide.

By Dale Berning Sawa

A look inside Barack Obama’s “living, breathing cultural and gathering space” (with an N.B.A.-size basketball court). Not everyone is cheering.

By Sam Lubell and Evan Jenkins

This California-based artist sees art as a community endeavor, and the land as a relative to be cared for.

By Emily Wilson

The 19th-century artist Camille Pissarro inspired others who became far more famous than he was, but many admirers say he was equally accomplished. An upcoming exhibition makes the case.

By Michael Janofsky

Even as race-conscious cultural programming is under attack, this San Francisco museum is celebrating its 20th anniversary with an ambitious show exploring Blackness and the cosmos.

By Robin Pogrebin