A Chelsea Arts Building Is for Sale, and the Artists Cry ‘Foul’
One tenant wore furry clogs with black ankle socks. Another recalled keeping bees on the roof and making “High Line honey.” A third spoke of plans to invest thousands of…
That Art Piece on Your Coffee Table? It’ll Get You High.
A ceramic dragon fruit sliced down the middle with speckled seeds inside a fruit bowl. A clear crystal ball on a bookshelf. A decorative purple glass staircase on a coffee…
Marianne Faithfull Made an Art of Upending Expectations
In March 1964, at a swinging London party, Marianne Faithfull got a record deal without singing a note. Andrew Loog Oldham, the brash young manager of the Rolling Stones, had…
The Curious Power of Tarot Cards to Explain and Reveal
A street artist dances with his dog, a blind Cupid lifts a flaming apple and a hunched Atlas holds the world on his back. Taken together, the images could mean…
Fun Things to Do in NYC in February 2025
‘Margaret’s Gay Sons Featuring Dylan Adler and Sam Oh’ Jan. 31 at 9:30 p.m. at Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, Manhattan; publictheater.org. As part of her residency at Joe’s Pub,…
At the Louvre, the Mona Lisa Will Get Her Own Room as Museum Expands
The Louvre Museum in Paris will move the Mona Lisa to a newly created exhibition space, President Emmanuel Macron of France announced on Tuesday as he unveiled sweeping plans to…
Kobe Bryant Still Reigns Over Los Angeles on Hundreds of Murals
On the side of a gym in downtown Los Angeles, two figures with angelic wings — Kobe Bryant, who won five N.B.A. titles with the Lakers, and his daughter Gianna…
A Hardened Detective and an Angry Rock Star: How a Vast Art Fraud Was Cracked
Two art fraud rings in a remote Canadian city produced thousands of paintings sold in galleries as works by Norval Morrisseau, Canada’s most celebrated Indigenous artist. By Norimitsu Onishi Photographs…
Japan Once Dominated the Art Market. Is the Country Ready for a Comeback?
Yuko Mohri thought she knew what the Japanese government wanted from its artists: something conservative and quiet. It certainly wasn’t a renegade punk rocker with a penchant for moldy fruits.…
Jo Baer, Minimalist Painter Who Rejected Abstraction, Dies at 95
Jo Baer, a painter who exchanged the severe abstraction that made her name for a heady mix of dream imagery and deep historical references, died on Tuesday at her home…