Art and Design

Following an extensive restoration, the Brick House, the other half of the architect’s famous Glass House, is once again receiving visitors.

Stanley Stellar has documented gay New York, on the streets and in his studio, for decades. Now he steps onto his biggest stage.

This month, art and design fairs draw aesthetes to the city. But there’s interesting design aplenty outside the fairs. Here’s where to find it.

The tiny cabin, one of the few extant examples of a popular 1970s design, had no heat or toilet. But it was theirs for $85,000.

These exhibitions are all within a 10-minute walk from the Park Avenue Armory, so you can take your time and enjoy the spring weather.

Carpenters Workshop Gallery has long pushed the limits of design. Now, they’ve made a bold bet on a new space in North Kensington. Will it pay off?

The art fair has a history of helping artists get discovered — and rediscovered. A show at the heart of this year’s fair spotlights that power.

For years, activists and politicians have led discussions about whether disputed museum objects should go back to their countries of origin. At this year’s Biennale, artists are entering the fray.

The first show to fall in the wake of the Tony nominations on Tuesday, this musical about an art world individualist was years in the making.

The European Court of Human Rights has found that Italy’s claims to a contested Greek statue are legitimate. But the museum says its continued possession is appropriate and lawful.

At the debut of this alternative fair, dealers from Oslo to Estonia have teamed up, turning a private club in Murray Hill into a total work of art.

Springtime is best for exploring this Midwestern city’s lakeside trails, robust arts scene and top-notch restaurants.

The period rooms in the Park Avenue Armory offer benefits, and challenges, to the exhibitors setting up their booths for the art fair.

An exhibition in South Street Seaport fills a former warehouse with fiber art and makes its old machinery, including a 12-foot wheel, part of the show.

For gallery directors, including those at TEFAF New York, no detail is too trivial, and every millimeter matters.

The boundaries between art, fashion and luxury seem to be melting away. That’s great for brands, but what about artists — and the art?

The art world is concerned about where the next generation of buyers and supporters is going to come from.

With Frieze comes a buffet of art in New York City over two weeks, whether you’re looking for blue-chip galleries or emerging talents.

The museum achieves a milestone, but still faces a complex public approval process for its Tang Wing, which is on city land.

These are the highlights of what to do and where to go in May if you’re interested in design topics.

Its flagship will open with a 30th-anniversary exhibition featuring works by all of the gallery’s 80 artists.

The artist of the defiant bronze statue near Wall Street reached an agreement with the financial firm that commissioned it.

As the museum’s new building nears completion, shadowed by controversy, artists respond with new commissions.

“Their disdain for this house,” the designer said, “was a green light to give it a whole new life.”

Six decades ago, Mr. Dwight’s shot at becoming the first Black astronaut in space was thwarted by racism and politics. Now, at 90, he’s finally going up.

It’s not that easy to tell fake Donald Judd furniture from the real thing. See if you can do a better job than Kim Kardashian.

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is rolling out two new exhibition halls and making its scientists more accessible. And don’t forget the dinosaurs.

Venues across the U.S. and beyond are giving Liz Collins, who first found fame as a fashion designer, the art-world recognition that had eluded her.

Educational institutions across the United States are spending more money to renovate museums and make them a more integral part of learning.

Many museums around the country have had children’s programs for years — but they are on the rise now more than ever.

At the Carnegie Museum of Art, an installation by the artist Marie Watt celebrates the region’s industrial history with I-beams and glass.

An exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts features an array of artists sharing their views of an increasingly complex world.

The Games were revived from an ancient Greek spectacle, but an exhibition timed for the Paris Olympics argues that France’s fascination with the ancient world played an outsized role.

The Atomic Museum in Las Vegas explains to visitors that Nevada and other states also played a role — for better or worse — in the creation of nuclear energy.

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.

The baskets of Jeremy Frey from the Passamaquoddy tribe in Maine have caught the attention of the art world.

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.

The Broad Museum kicks off a touring exhibition of the artist’s work over the last 20 years.

Two creatures unearthed in 2006, and finally on display in North Carolina, might hold the key to a major debate over a certain animal’s identity.

An exhibition at the Grey Art Museum explores the fervid postwar scene in Paris, where Ellsworth Kelly, Joan Mitchell and others learned lessons America couldn’t teach them.

The beauty and hospitality of this Hawaiian island, still recovering from last year’s wildfires, remain as vibrant as ever.

A steamer trunk worth of clothing and textiles by the French-Ukrainian artist reveals the sartorial origins of abstraction.

Beyond Frieze, the options for collectors include events devoted to contemporary African art as well as underrepresented and emerging artists. Here’s a roundup.

She does deep research to create her videos, sound installations and other works that draw attention to the things that go unnoticed.

Here are some tips on what to see, and even what to drink, as the art fair returns to the Shed.

Tao Siqi’s fluorescent-colored paintings, inspired by Charles Baudelaire, will be on display in the Capsule Shanghai booth at Frieze New York.

A coalition of universities is tying exhibitions into the 2024 elections and the broader issue of extreme political polarization in the United States.

From mining materials for electronics to a connection to colonialism, these exhibitions offer another viewpoint.

Other cities have game, but springtime in the Big Apple brings a concentration of fairs, auctions and shows without parallel.

The founders of a downtown art gallery see the potential for a vibrant community and art hub in the East Village and are putting the pieces in place.

SFMOMA explores the galaxy of visual and technological design that has long revolved around the music we love.

In a biennial show this spring and summer between two museums on either side of the border, artists tell fresh stories about a contentious region.

She made a classic wig and poodle skirt for “Grease” (using a bath mat and a toilet cover) and turned actors into Spanish inquisitors, British highwaymen and more.

In “Searching for Goya,” at the Joyce Theater, the troupe uses the painter’s images as frames for flamenco dances.

The portrait was left unfinished in the painter’s studio when he died, and questions persist over the identity of the subject and what happened to the painting during Nazi rule in Austria.

This year’s four nominees are Claudette Johnson, Jasleen Kaur, Pio Abad and Delaine Le Bas, whose works draw on personal history and cultural interpretations.

Apiary Studio in Philadelphia works with whatever a site holds to create landscapes that match the city’s aesthetic: “gritty, punk, improvised, layered with history.”

A show at the New York Botanical Garden, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s books, will explore his fictional and real worlds through plants, art and artifacts.

Many artists are dimming the lights of their museum shows, for a mix of symbolic and spiritual reasons.

A 183-canvas painting by Noah Saterstrom explores mental illness, his family’s struggle with it — and the state’s response to those impaired by it.

The young artist interweaves the personal and the political, asking such questions as, “How can we build when we are inhabited by rage?”

In his biggest exhibit since a 2013 retrospective at the Guggenheim, Christopher Wool has created his own show in a unique space.

The Walker Art Center looks to the past to bring back its long-admired flair for modern design and contemporary art.

Here’s how to make your morning shower more luxurious.

At the Denver Art Museum, a furniture exhibition lets visitors experience museum fare as more than just pretty objects.

A new exhibit at the Missouri History Museum examines “the triumphant side and the tragic side” of the 1904 spectacle to present a fuller story.

Creative approaches to landscaping and a post-pandemic interest in outdoor activities are driving institutions to make better use of their grounds.

She started working at Barneys to be closer to her husband. Then, she became the architect of the Chelsea Passage, the home goods bazaar that helped make it an enticing destination.

In Venice, a coterie of craftspeople reinterpret Tod’s driving shoes.

Sculptors have immortalized past British monarchs with imposing, stern-faced statues. For Queen Elizabeth II, they’re taking a different approach.