Interactive Shadowboxes Breathe Life Into the Legacies of Village Artists

“Village Voices,” an interactive outdoor exhibition, honors Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Jackson Pollock and more.

Curtains Up! How Broadway Is Coming Back From Its Longest Shutdown.

Determined to reopen, crews are dusting off spotlights, dancers are relearning steps, and everyone is testing, testing, testing as theater seeks to rebound from the devastating pandemic.

Everything You Need to Know About the Met Gala 2021

Who gets to go, how much it costs and what it means.

A Museum of Everyday Art Extends a Welcome Mat

The renovated Mingei International Museum in San Diego uses materials, craft and reconfigured interiors to uphold its mission of presenting “art of the people.”

Smithsonian Begins Two-Year Racial Justice Initiative

“Our Shared Future: Reckoning With Our Racial Past” will begin with a livestreamed program Thursday and expand to communities across the country.

The Black Artists Leaving America

Building on the legacy of luminaries such as James Baldwin and Josephine Baker, many Black creatives are seeking out new possibilities abroad.

‘The Opposite of Airlines’: When Larger Audiences Require Fewer Seats

Yes, the comfy chair. The War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco put in roomier seats just in time to try to lure audiences back from the couches they got used to during the shutdown.

Is Peter Bradley Ready for Round 2 in the Limelight?

He rose to the top in the 1970s with a groundbreaking, racially integrated art show in Houston, then all but vanished from view. Now he’s making a comeback.

Why Some People in Chinatown Oppose a Museum Dedicated to Their Culture

In Manhattan’s Chinatown, anti-gentrification protesters are furious over funding granted to a museum that they say doesn’t represent their community.

New York City Mandates Vaccines for Museum Visitors and Staff

The mayor and cultural institutions agree to require vaccinations as coronavirus cases rise with the spread of the Delta variant.

A Shape-Shifting Woman Plays All the Parts

Across three cities on bus shelters and a giant billboard, Martine Gutierrez, the artist, performer and provocateur, asks what it means to be a woman in these times.

Elizabeth Banks Swears By Rob Reiner and Finger Sandwiches

The actress, Hollywood power player and host of a new sex and sexuality podcast discusses classic sitcoms, summer at Tanglewood and the revelation that is canned wine.

Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Jekyll and Hyde Year

The artist famous for his riddling photos has turned to old-fashioned function and grace in his design for the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden. So why doesn’t Washington love it?

France Gave Teenagers $350 for Culture. They’re Buying Comic Books.

Young people can buy books, tickets and classes via a government smartphone app. But rather than discovering highbrow arts, many are choosing mass media they already love.

A Wedding or an Art Installation? A Little of Both.

Some artists have found a new home outside of art galleries as couples strive to create interactive art experiences for their wedding guests.

17 New York Arts Organizations Are Among Those Receiving $30 Million

The Queens Museum, Harlem Stage and 44 other groups were chosen to receive aid from Bloomberg Philanthropies for digital innovation.

Tomashi Jackson Harvests Histories From the Land of Plenty

For “The Land Claim” at the Parrish Art Museum, she digs deep into the suppressed stories of communities of color in the Hamptons.

A Celebratory and Scrappy Farewell (and Hello) in Queens

Street performances celebrated the Chocolate Factory Theater, a space that has often seemed inseparable from the work that happens there, as it moved to a new building.

‘I Needed It’: A Well-Timed Outdoor Theater Opens on Little Island

The island’s first performances, by Broadway Inspirational Voices choir, were post-pandemic catharsis for both the singers and the audience.