New York Times - Art & Design

8 Things to Do This Fourth of July Weekend

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:52:53 GMT

Our culture writers offer suggestions for celebrating Independence Day, and what to watch or listen to without leaving your home.Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks show in 2019. This year’s celebration has been split up into a weeklong series of five-minute displays, highlights of which will be broadcast on Saturday night.

‘Liberty Bell’ Tolls for Sites Where History Is Alive and Kicking

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:30:11 GMT

Nancy Baker Cahill uses augmented reality to explore the meaning of historical sites from the Rockaways in New York to Selma, Ala. Is public art embellishing our heritage, or defacing it?

Turner Prize Was Canceled, but Organizers Still Gave Out the Cash

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 10:52:00 GMT

The organizers of the British art award are giving out 10 grants to support artists.Tate Britain in London. The museum usually hosts an exhibition of work by artists nominated for the Turner Prize.

Can a New Arts Center Revitalize Provincetown?

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 09:00:24 GMT

In saving the Mary Heaton Vorse home, Ken Fulk hopes to help rescue an arts colony under siege from gentrification. But artists still need cheap studio space.Other artworks in the exhibition: from left, an untitled work from 2020 by John Dowd; “Blue Self-Portrait” by Tabboo! (1982); and Hugh Steers’s “Kneeling and Standing” (1987).

New York City Cuts Arts Spending by 11 Percent to Close Budget Gap

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 20:11:10 GMT

Facing a $9 billion loss in tax revenues, city leaders cut agency spending across the board, including the Department of Cultural Affairs.

3 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home

Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:25:58 GMT

Galleries and museums are getting creative about presenting work online during the coronavirus crisis. Here are three shows worth viewing virtually.

Cuts to the Arts Help Philadelphia Address Huge Budget Gap

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 23:33:23 GMT

The City Council approved a budget last week that reduced citywide arts funding to $5.84 million, a cut of 40 percent.The spiral staircase at City Hall in Philadelphia where the government leaders, facing a huge budget gap, cut city funding for the arts by 40 percent.

Art Auction or Game Show? Sotheby’s Tries Something New

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 14:10:05 GMT

With a “multicamera global livestream” in place of its usual New York sale, the auction house tried breathing life back into a pandemic-numbed market.From left: “Omi Obini” by Wifredo Lam, “Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus” by Francis Bacon and “PH-144 (1947-Y-No.1)” by Clyfford Still were among the works included an online auction at Sotheby’s on Monday.

Ten Signature Images From Milton Glaser’s Eclectic Career

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 13:58:23 GMT

In his graphic designs, he mingled Dürer with de Chirico, Breuer with Klimt, Islamic ornament with African textiles.

Francis Bacon Triptych Sells for $84.6 Million

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 01:23:22 GMT

Sotheby’s tests a new hybrid auction market with a work by the British painter — and socially-distanced bid-takers in three cities.“Triptych Inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus,” by Francis Bacon.

Disputed African Artifacts Sell at Auction

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 19:37:54 GMT

A Princeton art history professor said the figures were stolen and called on Christie’s to halt the sale, but it went ahead in Paris on Monday.

Five Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 19:31:46 GMT

Tracking contentious statues, a journal devoted to Pan-African culture, fashion designers who geek out on art and politics: Here are the Instagram accounts that brighten our art critic’s daily feed.

What to Do This Week

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:23:02 GMT

Start your summer reading, learn about leaping lemurs, and actually enjoy the fireworks this week.

Milton Glaser’s Unseen Design for New York: ‘Together’

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 17:13:36 GMT

A conversation with the graphic designer, who, until his death at 91, was still thinking about how his craft could help his beleaguered city.At the time of his death, Milton Glaser was working on a graphical treatment of the word “Together,” to evoke the idea that during the separation of the pandemic, “we have something in common.”

Looking Back on 16 Days That Shaped History

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 12:49:20 GMT

An exhibition at the palace that hosted the Potsdam Conference at the end of World War II examines the event’s far-reaching impact.

Defenders of Roosevelt Statue Converge on Natural History Museum

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 00:55:03 GMT

Last week it was decided to remove the image because it evoked racism and colonialism. Sunday, the other side turned out.Gavin Wax

‘Through Art, I Hope That We Can Make One Tulsa’

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 18:15:50 GMT

Talking with two organizers of the movement to reclaim the long-ignored history of Black Wall Street and the Greenwood district’s achievements.Quraysh Ali Lansana, left, a poet and educator, and Jerica Wortham, project manager of the Greenwood Art Project, are among those trying to make sure the history of Tulsa, Okla., and Black Wall Street isn’t lost.

Celebrating India’s Innovative Spirit Through Design

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 08:50:14 GMT

Many designers in the country have looked to the West for inspiration. Divya Thakur is at the forefront of moves to change that.Divya Thakur at her home in Mumbai this month.

Berkeley Art Museum Names a New Director

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 18:00:10 GMT

Julie Rodrigues Widholm will start in the post at the University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive on Aug. 1.

When the Louvre Reopens, It’s Going to Be Quiet

Thu, 25 Jun 2020 13:17:40 GMT

The museum’s president said visitor numbers could be reduced as much as 80 percent. That might mean a better view of the Mona Lisa, if you can get there.A member of staff preparing the Louvre for its reopening on July 6.