A Harmonic Convergence of Signature Art Surveys

Greater New York, the New Museum triennial and the Performa biennial, which all open in October, should allow us to take stock of what the year has wrought.

A Deep Dive Into Matisse’s ‘The Red Studio’

In a coming exhibition, MoMA will feature the artworks within this famed painting. Two of them will be on public view for the first time in 50 years.

Pablo Picasso. In-text plates (folio 10) from Poèmes et lithographies. 1949, published 1954 | MoMA

Pablo Picasso. In-text plates (folio 10) from Poèmes et lithographies. 1949, published 1954. Pablo Picasso. Lithograph from an illustrated book with 14 lithographs. composition (irreg.): 24 13/16 × 18 1/8" (63 × 46 cm); page: 26 × 19 3/4" (66 ×...

When New York Was Ours Alone

The city was glorious without tourists. But that time must come to an end.

The Cézanne We’ve Forgotten How to See

The father figure of modern painting also drew, every day. A show of the master’s ‘trembling outlines’ offers testimony to how a new kind of art was forged.

5 Things to Do This Weekend

Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City.

A Small Brazilian Photo Club That Reached for the Skyline

How a group of mostly amateur photographers helped develop Brazil’s modernist aesthetic.

3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now

Amanda Williams’s ‘Embodied Sensations’ at MoMA; Matthew Wong’s ink drawings; and installations by Cameron Rowland take on policing.

Lines Never Felt So Good: Crowds Herald New York’s Reopening

Museums broke attendance records, movie theaters sold out and jazz fans packed clubs on a Memorial Day weekend that felt far removed from the prior year’s pandemic traumas.

‘Her Man’: A Relic of a Bygone Hollywood, Now Restored

Now streaming, this mildly racy romance, from 1930, arrived before the censorious Production Code. What really sets the film apart is its incredible tracking shots.

MoMA Built a House. Then It Disappeared. Now It’s Found.

In 1950, the museum exhibited Gregory Ain’s modernist creation. It’s now nestled in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Terence Riley, Architectural Force in the Museum World, Dies at 66

He was the chief architectural curator at MoMA, overseeing shows and the museum’s massive redesign, then moving on to the Miami art scene.