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The Berkshires museum is getting a transformative gift: 331 artworks from the Renaissance on, worth several hundred million dollars, and money to build a new wing. Museums are lucky if [...]

The Berkshires museum is getting a transformative gift: 331 artworks from the Renaissance on, worth several hundred million dollars, and money to build a new wing. Museums are lucky if […]

A combination of money and the need to attract new audiences inspires new ways of collecting art. This article is part of the Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on [...]

Alex Katz admired a Mark di Suvero sculpture and gave it to the Brooklyn Museum. It now has pride of place in the museum's 200th anniversary celebration. Consider two artists, [...]

Alex Katz admired a Mark di Suvero sculpture and gave it to the Brooklyn Museum. It now has pride of place in the museum’s 200th anniversary celebration. Consider two artists, [...]

The billionaire Reed Hastings remembers visiting Storm King Art Center in the Hudson Valley a couple of decades ago. ''Walking around there got my curiosity going,'' said Hastings, the co-founder [...]

The billionaire Reed Hastings remembers visiting https://stormking.org/ in the Hudson Valley a couple of decades ago. “Walking around there got my curiosity going,” said Hastings, the co-founder and former chief [...]

Byline: Ted Loos The artist's new paintings at Gagosian show her working through the loss of her husband, the artist Brice Marden, in a hot palette, feathers and shells. The [...]

The artist's new paintings at Gagosian show her working through the loss of her husband, the artist Brice Marden, in a hot palette, feathers and shells. The grief of losing [...]

Robin F. Williams, whose first solo museum show opened this month in her hometown in Ohio, is evolving through her works, which are often injected with humor. This article is [...]

The painting ''Saint Francis of Assisi in His Tomb'' became one of the inspirations for Idris Khan in his first solo museum show in the United States. This article is [...]

The spring exhibitions display Horn's work across many mediums -- a reflection of how the artist, known for her serene glass sculptures, sees herself. The artist Roni Horn considers herself [...]

Byline: Ted Loos The spring exhibitions display Horn's work across many mediums - a reflection of how the artist, known for her serene glass sculptures, sees herself. The artist Roni [...]

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation picks Courtney J. Martin, director of the Yale Center for British Art, as its new leader. The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation is going to Yale for its [...]

The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation picks Courtney J. Martin, director of the Yale Center for British Art, as its new leader. The https://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/ is going to Yale for its next leader. [...]

For its bicentennial year, the museum is rolling out a slate of events and exhibitions this fall — including an open call for local artists. Later in life, the great [...]

Picking the right pieces to display at art fairs can sway money and fame. When art dealers decide to participate in fairs like Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the [...]

The Whitney museum commissioned Rashid Johnson and Dyani White Hawk to make works for its cafe spaces, in a partnership with Frenchette Bakery. Culinary passion and art-making can flourish together [...]

The Whitney museum commissioned Rashid Johnson and Dyani White Hawk to make works for its cafe spaces, in a partnership with Frenchette Bakery. Culinary passion and art-making can flourish together [...]

U.S. museums are working to accommodate more art and visitors. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the projects come with a $2 billion price tag. This article is part of [...]

There are at least five exhibitions of Korean art at major U.S. museums this fall. The featured works vary from early 12th-century stoneware to a sculpture made from soap. This [...]

U.S. museums are working to accommodate more art and visitors. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the projects come with a $2 billion price tag. This article is part of [...]

Bucking the rules, and the canon, Jacolby Satterwhite remakes the Met's Great Hall with his multimedia ''A Metta Prayer.'' It draws on Titian and video games. From the soaring Beaux-Arts [...]

Bucking the rules, and the canon, Jacolby Satterwhite remakes the Met's Great Hall with his multimedia ''A Metta Prayer.'' It draws on Titian and video games. From the soaring Beaux-Arts [...]

Byline: Ted Loos Deliberately, the sculptor Martin Puryear climbed a ladder 20 feet up the side of the scaffolding surrounding his latest work, 'Lookout.' Located on a hilltop in a [...]

Deliberately, the sculptor Martin Puryear climbed a ladder 20 feet up the side of the scaffolding surrounding his latest work, ''Lookout.'' Located on a hilltop in a wooded corner of [...]

Byline: Ted Loos A judge allowed the Philadelphia institution to lend paintings from the storied collection of Dr. Albert C. Barnes. It will look and behave a lot more like [...]

For someone whose signature move is using chalk or paint to create ghostly traces of images that seem to be disappearing before our eyes, Gary Simmons is emphatically present in [...]

Jack Shear, the widower of the artist Ellsworth Kelly, is donating many of his husband's works to museums across the country and giving money to various causes. This article is [...]

Judith Joy Ross, who has been taking portraits for decades, is the subject of a large retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This article is part of our Museums [...]

Judith Joy Ross, who has been taking portraits for decades, is the subject of a large retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This article is part of our https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/museums-special-section [...]

Jack Shear, the widower of the artist Ellsworth Kelly, is donating many of his husband’s works to museums across the country and giving money to various causes. This article is [...]

With a new wing years away, the Met will highlight cutting-edge art with Nairy Baghramian on its facade and Jacolby Satterwhite in the Great Hall. For a contemporary artist, the [...]

With a new wing years away, the Met will highlight cutting-edge art with Nairy Baghramian on its facade and Jacolby Satterwhite in the Great Hall. For a contemporary artist, the [...]

The Afghan-Canadian artist Hangama Amiri fled the Taliban as a child. Her new museum show reclaims space for women with colorful textile works. NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- At a time [...]

Beach scenes, wild turkeys and fantastic abstract forms in glass grace the M.T.A.'s new Long Island Rail Road terminal, with works by other artists. As workers busily finished construction of [...]

She planned her own retrospective before her death. A third of her suggestions got in, including the furry tea set that made her name. This article is part of our [...]

The 24-year-old ''internet kid'' from Liverpool melds contemporary iconography with figurative works of art. This article is part of our Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on how museums, galleries [...]

After a derailed career, Ms. Drexler became a ''hermit'' painter on an island. Decades later, piqued public interest can earn her work seven figures. This article is part of our [...]

The artists will be making floor-to-ceiling mosaics for the underground Long Island Rail Road terminal opening in December. At 700,000 square feet, Grand Central Madison, the new Long Island Rail [...]

Byline: Ted Loos The visual artist Charles Atlas started his video career with Merce Cunningham, but his new Pioneer Works project shows how many leaps he has taken since. On [...]

An oasis for art amid nature will celebrate a titan of 20th century art, Alexander Calder. A meeting of the minds in Connecticut helped shape the design. ROXBURY, Conn. -- [...]

The visual artist Charles Atlas started his video career with Merce Cunningham, but his new Pioneer Works project shows how many leaps he has taken since. On a hot day [...]

The fashion-turned-furniture designer lets his creativity flow from wherever. This article is part of our Design special section on how looks, materials and even creators evolve. The artist and designer [...]

Based in Milwaukee, the Ruth Foundation for the Arts starts in the top echelon of arts philanthropy. But the money came as a surprise to many grantees. New foundations spring [...]

The artists Melvin Edwards and Rashid Johnson reflect on the legacy of their friend, just days after he died at age 88. When the painter Sam Gilliam died last weekend [...]

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego has undergone multiple renovations in its 80-plus years. This spring it has opened after yet another. This article is part of our latest [...]

Curators at major museums are increasingly grappling with a thorny topic: restitution. This article is part of our latest special section on Museums, which focuses on new artists, new audiences [...]

Masters like Cézanne, Matisse and Georgia O'Keeffe are on display across the country, as well as contemporary artists. This article is part of our latest special section on Museums, which [...]

Chaz Guest, a favorite of Oprah, the Obamas and Angelina Jolie, has a gallery show featuring the actor, who posed just before he died. The figurative painter Chaz Guest has [...]