‘Telephone: An International Arts Experiment’ by Nathan Langston
By MELENA RYZIK
The project asked artists to look at a work, create a response to it, then pass it on.
A New Whitney
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
No longer a fortress in an uneasy city, the Whitney Museum of American Art opens itself up to a changed New York, a glittery emblem of new urban capital signaling a definitive shift in the city’s social geography.
Fabio Mauri Works, Fueled by Trauma, Head to the Venice Biennale
By ARTHUR LUBOW
Claudio Abate, via Estate of Fabio Mauri/Hauser & Wirth
An image from “Ebrea” (“Jewess”), a work from 1971 by Fabio Mauri.
The artist, who died in 2009 and whose work is little known outside Italy, is gaining new admirers.
Khalik Allah’s Movie Captures Harlem Faces and Voices by Moonlight
By NICOLAS RAPOLD
The photographer and filmmaker Khalik Allah captured faces and voices from Lexington Avenue and 125th Street in Harlem for an impressionistic documentary.
April 19, 2015
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Reveals New Acquisitions
On LACMA’s 50th anniversary, a $100 million fundraising campaign is well underway.
April 14, 2015
Christie’s Predicts Giacometti Sculpture Will Draw High Price
A Giacommetto bronze scheduled for auction during the May sale has a high estimate of $130 million.
April 13, 2015
Auction of Art Made by Japanese-Americans in Internment Camps Sparks Protest
A Japanese-American group wants to stop a collection of artifacts from World War II interment camps from being dispersed on the market.
Dance
A Merger Of Art and Life
By GIA KOURLAS
The choreographer Emily Johnson has aimed high in her multiday performance installation “Shore in Lenapehoking (New York City).”
Art
Finding Fame In the Frame
By KEN JOHNSON
“Tseng Kwong Chi: Performing for the Camera” is a show of more than 80 works at the Grey Art Gallery at New York University opening Tuesday.
Arrest by F.B.I. Is Tied to $500 Million Art Theft From Boston Museum, Lawyer Says
By TOM MASHBERG
Investigators are using an unrelated weapons case to force a suspect in a 1990 art theft, Robert V. Gentile, to reveal where the stolen art is, his lawyer says.
Seller in Canceled Internment-Camp Auction Comes Forward
By RANDY KENNEDY, EVE M. KAHN and PATRICIA LEIGH BROWN
After an auction of artifacts from Japanese-American internment camps was called off, the seller stepped forward to explain his reasoning.
10 Galleries to Visit on the Upper East Side
By HOLLAND COTTER
In terms of New York City gallery history, the Upper East Side, roughly from 57th Street northward, is the establishment.
Distinct Prisms in an Ever-Shifting Kaleidoscope
By WILLIAM GRIMES
With female artists more visible than ever, here are five who have put their stamp on the current gallery moment.
10 Galleries to Visit on the Lower East Side
By HOLLAND COTTER
The scene is like Chelsea’s, but it has a certain margin of flexibility, and sometimes it uses it.
Allan McCollum’s One-of-a-Kind Shapes in ‘For the Millions/Just for You’
By RANDY KENNEDY
This Conceptual artist, known for using methods of mass production to create unique objects, unveils a work specifically for a newspaper page.
10 Galleries to Visit in SoHo and TriBeCa
By MARTHA SCHWENDENER
Few things are as satisfying as braving the consumerist hordes and ducking into an art space that is hidden in plain sight.
See Art Now: 50 New York Art Galleries to Visit This Weekend
By HOLLAND COTTER
Three art critics of The New York Times have canvassed the gallery neighborhoods in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens to offer a field report.
10 Galleries to Visit in Chelsea
By ROBERTA SMITH
As residential developments expand, this art-centric neighborhood makes room for galleries of all sorts and sizes.
10 Galleries to Visit in Brooklyn and Queens
By MARTHA SCHWENDENER
Williamsburg has become more of a pleasure district as Bushwick and nearby Queens neighborhoods have exploded.
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Colin Bailey Is Named the New Director of Morgan Library
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Susan Henshaw Jones to Leave Museum of the City of New York
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New York Authorities Seek Custody of Stolen Artifacts Worth Over $100 Million
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At the Helm of a Philanthropist’s New Los Angeles Museum
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When the World Went Pop
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Art: Beauty in the Hand of Leonardo
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Arts | Westchester: Escaping the Past, or Embracing It Before It Fades
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Review: ‘Coypel’s Don Quixote Tapestries’ Weaves a Classic Tale
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Antiques: ‘The Medieval Oliphant’ Traces the Horn Used by Warriors and Hunters
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‘All Back in the Skull Together’
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Jack Davidson: ‘love, mistake, promise, auto crackup, color, petal’
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Swords, Sleight of Hand and a Speaking Mummy
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Inside Art: Park Avenue Armory to Restore Tiffany-Designed Veterans Room
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Alison Rossiter: ‘Paper Wait’
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Sascha Braunig
‘For the Millions/Just for You (One Hundred and Eight Unique Shapes Out of Over Thirty-One Billion)’
The New York Times asked the artist Allan McCollum, a pioneering Conceptual artist, to create a work specifically for a newspaper page.
Special Section
Museums
A survey of intriguing exhibitions examines how museums are experimenting with digital initiatives to engage new visitors.
Inside Art
Two Museums to Host Pollock ‘Black Pourings’
By HILARIE M. SHEETS
“Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots” opens on June 30 at Tate Liverpool and will travel to Dallas in November.
Multimedia
‘For the Millions/Just for You (One Hundred and Eight Unique Shapes Out of Over Thirty-One Billion)’
The New York Times asked the artist Allan McCollum, a pioneering Conceptual artist, to create a work specifically for a newspaper page.
The New Venue for American Art
Donna De Salvo, the chief curator and deputy director for programs at the Whitney Museum of American Art, speaks to the direction the collection has taken over since its beginning in 1930.
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