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Zen Paintings at Japan Society Show a Master at Work
How do you make an artwork sing? Let your unconscious mind do it. That’s the message...
What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in April
Travis Diehl covers Marian Zazeela’s abstract calligraphy, Christopher Baliwas’s “Skin 2 Skin” show and Luigi Zuccheri’s...
The Dinner Party That Started the Harlem Renaissance
An interracial soirée that included intellectual and artistic luminaries set in motion one of the most...
Lil Nas X Runs New York Half Marathon in Coach Sneakers
The rapper and singer, clad in bulky designer sneakers and the official race T-shirt, was a...
Climate Protesters Disrupt Broadway Play Starring Jeremy Strong
A performance of a new production of Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” was interrupted by...
Artist Featured in ‘Erotic Carnival’ Ad Campaign Sues Museum of Sex
Julia Sinelnikova says the museum plastered an image of a kiss with a girlfriend all over...
2024 New York International Children’s Film Festival Preview
A range of films, many of them animated, some hilarious, some serious, bubble up at this...
Melvin Way, Outsider Artist Who Depicted Inner Mysteries, Dies at 70
He struggled with schizophrenia, but he drew praise for the intricate diagrams he drew on scraps...
Jeffrey Gibson Will Bring Sculptures of Ancestral Spirits to Met Facade
The Met named its 2025 art commissions, which include Gibson’s facade sculptures and a roof garden...
Charles Stendig Dies at 99; Introduced Fanciful Furniture From Abroad
For nearly two decades he traveled to factories throughout Europe, sometimes behind the Iron Curtain, to...
What to Know About This Crazily Crowded Broadway Spring Season
Why are 18 shows opening in March and April, and which one is for you? Our...
Broadway’s Crunchtime Is Also Its Best Life
Eighteen openings in two months will drive everyone crazy. But maybe there should be even more.
Finding Your Family
For many, the bonds formed by choice can be as profound, as tortured, as those into...
Lucy Sante Discusses Her Memoir and Her Gender Transition
In her memoir “I Heard Her Call My Name,” the author reflects on her life and...
Raven Chacon’s Sound-and-Art Symphony at Swiss Institute
At the Swiss Institute, a Pulitzer-Prize winner makes art warmed — socially and spiritually — by...
Goodbye Mostly Mozart, Hello Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center
The renamed ensemble will present a mix of new and old in its first season under...
Rubin Museum, Haven for Asian Art, to Close After 20 Years
It is the first major art museum in New York to close within recent memory. The...
Jury Finds Sotheby’s Did Not Help in Any Fraud of Russian Oligarch
Dmitry Rybolovlev had accused the auction house of aiding a Swiss art dealer who he says...
When Master Photographers Spin the Color Wheel
A centenary exhibition of Saul Leiter’s photos reveals his painterly way with Kodachrome. And a new...
Broadway Shows to See This Winter and Spring
A guide to the shows onstage now and scheduled to arrive this winter and spring, including...
The Man in the Sequined Tuxedo Who Built a Dance Community
Joe Lanteri, whose New York City Dance Alliance turns 30 this year, wants his dancers to...
Phill Niblock, Dedicated Avant-Gardist of Music and Film, Dies at 90
Making music with no melody or rhythm and films with no plot, he became a darling...
Eric Berryman Channels the Folklore of His Ancestors
In his theater work, Eric Berryman injects forgotten voices from the past into the present moment.
Martha Diamond, Painter Who Captured New York Vistas, Dies at 79
Her work, at the border of representation and abstraction, influenced younger painters but did not gain...